Research Paper
The Feeling of Ontological Insecurity: The United Kingdom's Conflict-Seeking Foreign Policy (1998–2003)
The Feeling of Ontological Insecurity: The United Kingdom's Conflict-Seeking Foreign Policy (1998–2003)

Siavash Chavoshi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 26 July 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.386027.1477

Abstract
  By the advent of the New Labour government in 1997, under Prime Minister Tony Blair, the UK became actively involved in various international conflicts, including the war in Kosovo ...  Read More
Research Paper
Dehumanization in the War on Gaza
Dehumanization in the War on Gaza

Sajad Minadi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 26 May 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.387424.1487

Abstract
  Israel's radical policy in the War on Gaza is dehumanizing and absolutely contrary to international norms and standards. Dehumanization refers to the deprivation of humans and other ...  Read More
Research Paper
Identity Construction and Historical Narratives: (Mis)Representation of Iran in the Awakening the Great Seljuks
Identity Construction and Historical Narratives: (Mis)Representation of Iran in the Awakening the Great Seljuks

Mohammad Soltaninejad; Maede Poorsafaee

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 24 June 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.388321.1494

Abstract
  While existing research highlights the role of dramas in shaping Turkish national identity, the genuineness of the narratives conveyed through such dramas has not been investigated. ...  Read More
Research Paper
The U.S. Securitization and Desecuritization of Iran: An Analysis of the American Presidential Rhetoric on Post-Revolutionary Iran (1979-2021)
The U.S. Securitization and Desecuritization of Iran: An Analysis of the American Presidential Rhetoric on Post-Revolutionary Iran (1979-2021)

Farzad Mohammadyari; Zeinab Ghasemi Tari; Seyed Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 20 July 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.386955.1480

Abstract
  This article examines the U.S. presidents’ securitization and desecuritization of post-revolutionary Iran. Employing securitization theory as its theoretical framework and qualitative ...  Read More
Research Paper
Negotiating Indian Identity on X: Rishi Sunak’s Digital Hybridity
Negotiating Indian Identity on X: Rishi Sunak’s Digital Hybridity

Iman Vosooghian Ebrahimi; Hamideh Molaei

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 08 November 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.396218.1525

Abstract
  This article discusses the digital performance of cultural identity by Rishi Sunak, Britain’s first Prime Minister of Indian descent, through thematic analysis of 50 strategically ...  Read More
Research Paper
Mythical Thought and Israel's Foreign Policy: the 1982 Lebanon War
Mythical Thought and Israel's Foreign Policy: the 1982 Lebanon War

Sajad Minadi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 08 November 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.395552.1516

Abstract
  Israel's foreign policy at times diverges from realist expectations based on rationality, proportionality, and prudence. This article argues that Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Impact of the Black Lives Matter Movement on Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give: A Critical Race Theory Analysis
The Impact of the Black Lives Matter Movement on Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give: A Critical Race Theory Analysis

Elham Omrani; Seyed Mohammad Marandi; Maryam Soltan Beyad

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 13 January 2026

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2026.404327.1560

Abstract
  The chronic problem of police brutality against Black communities prompted the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. Rising protests revealed that the killings of African Americans were ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigating Israeli democracy with a focus on the situation of Palestinians residing in the territories occupied since 1948
Investigating Israeli democracy with a focus on the situation of Palestinians residing in the territories occupied since 1948

Tahereh Goodarzi; Javad Sharbaf

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 19 May 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2026.385747.1473

Abstract
  The Palestine issue and the Israeli regime's occupation are among the most crucial matters on the global stage. The situation of Palestinians in the territories controlled by this regime, ...  Read More