Volume 6 (2022)
Volume 5 (2021)
Volume 4 (2020)
Volume 3 (2019)
Volume 2 (2018)
Volume 1 (2017)
Number of Articles: 126
Oil Price Shocks and Russia’s Economic Growth: The Impacts and Policies for Overcoming Them
Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2017, , Pages 1-31
Abstract
Considering Russia’s rich and vast oil resources, this country is one of the world’s greatest producers and exporters of this nonrenewable energy resource, and like other ... Read More
Religious-Secular Cleavage and Political Stability in Israel
Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 1-33
Abstract
Due to its artificial and unnatural structure, Israeli society has since the beginning of its establishment, been a context for the emergence of different kinds of cleavages and tensions. ... Read More
Reassessing Britain’s Withdrawal from the Persian Gulf in 1971 and its Military Return in 2014
Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 1-44
Abstract
The primary concern of this research is to reassess the British foreign policy, focusing on its military withdrawal in 1971 from the Persian Gulf and its return in 2014. The Persian ... Read More
Towards Liberalization: A Study of Indian Experience, 1947–1991
Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 1-47
Abstract
Following the independence of 1947, India adhered to a mixed model of nationalist and socialist policies in the early years, with protectionism and closed-borders attitude dominating ... Read More
“Defenders of Shiite Sanctuaries” in Contemporary Shiite Political Thought: Iranian and Afghan Martyrs’ Wives’ Outlook on Fighting Terrorism
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 1-27
Abstract
Piety for Muslim women is an internal source of agency, which motivates their social presence and fulfills their political commitments. In spite of the prevalence of Orientalist views ... Read More
The United States National Security Strategy under Bush and Obama: Continuity and Change
Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2017, , Pages 175-197
Abstract
The foreign policy of states determines the way they behave in the international arena. Accurate analysis of official foreign policy documents of a country is helpful in that it shows ... Read More
Muslims’ Experience of Islamophobia in Major Scottish Cities: Different Experiences and Diverse Perceptions
Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 189-223
Abstract
According to some researchers (Hopkins, 2004a; Hopkins & Smith, 2008), there is a perception among certain Muslims that anti-Muslim racism is higher in areas where there is a high ... Read More
IR in Iran and South Africa: A Comparative Study
Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 197-238
Abstract
As the self-image of International Relations as a “hegemonic discipline”, under the influence of the American IR community, is questioned and challenged, the issue of “others” ... Read More
Political Culture and Iran`s Foreign Policy: A Comparative Study of Iran`s Foreign Policy during Ahmadinejad and Rouhani
Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 225-245
Abstract
Political culture represents a society`s widely held, traditional values and its fundamental practices; foreign policy decision makers tend to make policies that are compatible with ... Read More
Fragile States: the Birthplace of Non-State Armed Groups in West Asia
Volume 3, Issue 2 , April 2019, , Pages 233-270
Abstract
Due to both internal and external factors, Western Asia has long been suffering from security tribulations and political instability. The institution of various military and militia ... Read More
The Different Layers of Islam in Interaction with Politics: a Comparative Analysis of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 383-406
Abstract
This study attempts to assess the different ways through which Islam as a religion can impact politics. In fact, the notion that is collectively labeled as Islam and its re-interpretation ... Read More
Creating A New Anglo-Saxon Empire: A Post-Colonial Analysis of Alfred Milner’s Constructive Imperialism
Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, , Pages 401-436
Abstract
At the end of the 19th century the British Empire faced numerous challenges, both external and internal. The cultural and political elite from across the Empire tried to find a solution ... Read More
Trump’s Cognition and His Unorthodox Foreign Policy Approach
Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 433-472
Abstract
In many aspects, U.S. President Donald Trump’s approach to foreign policy-making was in sharp contrast with that of his predecessors, particularly post-WWII presidents. His hostility ... Read More
Obama’s Counterterrorism Policy and the Washington Post’s Editorials: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Media-State Interaction
Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 2019, , Pages 445-481
Abstract
American mass media’s relation with the US government in foreign policydecision-making has been the subject of numerous studies in the interdisciplinaryfield of political communication. ... Read More
Knowledge Politics of the American Academia on Women’s Citizenship in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Islamoromic vs. Islamoveritic Understandings
Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 573-603
Abstract
Islam’s view on the status of women has been among the controversial topics in the American universities in recent decades. The rise of the political Islam and its embodiment ... Read More
A Medley of Voices Representing Dialogic Democracy, Autocracy or Violence in Afghanistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Soltanzade’s Brazen Bulls
Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 633-664
Abstract
Afghanistan is a country besieged by years of instability and unrest as a result of the weak governments that have seized power, especially after King Zahir. Mohammad Asef Soltanzade’s ... Read More
Iran’s Resistance Economy and Regional Integration
Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 649-685
Abstract
Iran’s ‘resistance economy’ is sometimes presented as defensive strategy. Despite Washington’s ‘New Middle East’ wars and the rapid evaporation ... Read More
Sino-Russian Energy Relations: Dimensions and Prospects
Volume 5, Issue 4 , October 2021, , Pages 659-690
Abstract
Access and control of Energy has not only been historically instrumental in the sociopolitical and economic shaping of nations, but also central to the global world of politics, systems, ... Read More
Investigating the Impact of Economic Sanctions on the Iran-Afghanistan Trade from 2004-2018
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 29-60
Abstract
Iran and Afghanistan share deep historical, cultural and civilizational ties. Iran is one of Afghanistan’s largest trading partners. However, economic sanctions have disrupted ... Read More
Kyoto’s Glocal Identity: Establishing Balance between Identity Change and Persistence
Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2017, , Pages 33-59
Abstract
Kyoto is a miniature of Japan; through centuries of experience and persistence, it has maintained the symbols of the country’s civil and cultural identity. The city has demonstrated ... Read More
Iran’s Foreign Policy Approaches toward International Organizations
Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 35-68
Abstract
Iran’s foreign policy toward international organizations has always oscillated between divergence and convergence, depending on the status of the country in question and the statesmen's ... Read More
Iran and Security Complex in the Persian Gulf
Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 45-73
Abstract
This article enters into the debate on the link between security and identity by looking at the security context in the states surrounding the Persian Gulf, particularly Iran. Earlier ... Read More
A Spiral of Distrust: Contingencies of US Decisions in 1978–79 and the Emergence of an Anti-American Path in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy
Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 47-82
Abstract
The anti-American inclination of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy-making is well established, and the bitter aspects of the two nation’s history well known. ... Read More
A Theoretical Study of Solidarity in American Society: The Case of the “Ground Zero Mosque” Controversy
Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2017, , Pages 199-222
Abstract
The paper uses the case study of the controversy regarding the construction of a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Manhattan, New York, to analyze the different ... Read More
Institutional Hegemonic Resilience: Understanding the Dynamics of American Exceptionalism in the Institutional World Order
Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 239-272