Oil Price Shocks and Russia’s Economic Growth: The Impacts and Policies for Overcoming Them
Oil Price Shocks and Russia’s Economic Growth: The Impacts and Policies for Overcoming Them

Liudmila Popova; Farkhondeh Jabalameli; Ehsan Rasoulinezhad

Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2017, , Pages 1-31

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2017.62277

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
Religious-Secular Cleavage and Political Stability in Israel

Jalil Dara; Ebrahim Moslemi Arimi

Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 1-33

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.65217

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
Reassessing Britain’s Withdrawal from the Persian Gulf in 1971 and its Military Return in 2014

Hessameddin Vaez-Zadeh; Reza Javadi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 1-44

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.278750.1101

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
Towards Liberalization: A Study of Indian Experience, 1947–1991

Mohammad Ali Mousavi; Tohid Asadi

Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 1-47

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.332814.1246

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
“Defenders of Shiite Sanctuaries” in Contemporary Shiite Political Thought: Iranian and Afghan Martyrs’ Wives’ Outlook on Fighting Terrorism

Zohreh Nosrat Kharazmi

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 1-27

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.338178.1278

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 Effects of Western Sanctions on Iranian and Russian Energy Economics: Evidence from Scenario Planning Method
The Effects of Western Sanctions on Iranian and Russian Energy Economics: Evidence from Scenario Planning Method

Ehsan Rasoulinezhad; Inna Kirilkina

Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 1-29

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.363059.1367

Abstract
  Economic sanctions, involving trade restrictions imposed by one country or a group of countries against another, come in various forms, such as tariffs, trade barriers, and import/export ...  Read More
The United States National Security Strategy under Bush and Obama: Continuity and Change
The United States National Security Strategy under Bush and Obama: Continuity and Change

Mohammad Jamshidi; Farnaz Noori

Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2017, , Pages 175-197

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2017.23675.1010

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
Muslims’ Experience of Islamophobia in Major Scottish Cities: Different Experiences and Diverse Perceptions

Reza Bagheri

Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 189-223

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.245601.1039

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
IR in Iran and South Africa: A Comparative Study

Homeira Moshirzadeh; Karen Smith

Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 197-238

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.351629.1324

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
Political Culture and Iran`s Foreign Policy: A Comparative Study of Iran`s Foreign Policy during Ahmadinejad and Rouhani

Amir Mohammad Haji Yousefi

Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 225-245

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.238014.1013

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
Fragile States: the Birthplace of Non-State Armed Groups in West Asia

Javad Sharbaf

Volume 3, Issue 2 , April 2019, , Pages 233-270

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.282368.1107

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
The Different Layers of Islam in Interaction with Politics: a Comparative Analysis of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey

Mohammad Samiei

Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 383-406

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.69037

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
Creating A New Anglo-Saxon Empire: A Post-Colonial Analysis of Alfred Milner’s Constructive Imperialism

Ali Zeraatpisheh; Mohammad Marandi; Maryam Soltan Beyad

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, , Pages 401-436

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.320601.1204

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
France-U.S. Negotiations on Iran Sanctions during the 1979 Hostage Crisis (Based on France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Declassified Archived Documents)
France-U.S. Negotiations on Iran Sanctions during the 1979 Hostage Crisis (Based on France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Declassified Archived Documents)

Farhad Forughi; Rouhollah Hosseini

Volume 6, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 411-437

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.354969.1339

Abstract
  One of the most critical issues in Iran's foreign policy is European countries' foreign policy toward the Iran-US crisis. The hostage crisis in Tehran on November 4, 1979 (Aban 13, ...  Read More
Trump’s Cognition and His Unorthodox Foreign Policy Approach
Trump’s Cognition and His Unorthodox Foreign Policy Approach

Homeira Moshirzadeh; Shayan Afrasiabi

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 433-472

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.340537.1291

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
Obama’s Counterterrorism Policy and the Washington Post’s Editorials: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Media-State Interaction

Saeid Reza Ameli; Touraj Shiralilou

Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 2019, , Pages 445-481

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.266827.1069

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
Knowledge Politics of the American Academia on Women’s Citizenship in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Islamoromic vs. Islamoveritic Understandings

Zohreh Nosrat Kharazmi; Saied Reza Ameli

Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 573-603

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.261623.1061

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
A Medley of Voices Representing Dialogic Democracy, Autocracy or Violence in Afghanistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Soltanzade’s Brazen Bulls

Zohreh Ramin; Amirhossein Effatian

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 633-664

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.309515.1175

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
Iran’s Resistance Economy and Regional Integration

Tim Anderson

Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 649-685

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.302621.1148

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
Sino-Russian Energy Relations: Dimensions and Prospects

Barari Khodayar; Somayyeh Shamsian

Volume 5, Issue 4 , October 2021, , Pages 659-690

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.336606.1271

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
Investigating the Impact of Economic Sanctions on the Iran-Afghanistan Trade from 2004-2018

Ishtiaq Hussain; Mohammad Ghaffary Fard; Seyed Morteza Kazemi

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 29-60

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.340260.1289

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
Enhancing Coal Efficiency in Vietnam: The Role of Foreign Direct Investment and Political Stability
Enhancing Coal Efficiency in Vietnam: The Role of Foreign Direct Investment and Political Stability

Phung Thanh Quang

Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 31-53

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.363084.1369

Abstract
  This study investigates the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), political stability, and coal efficiency in Vietnam using time series analysis from 1985 to 2021. Results ...  Read More
Kyoto’s Glocal Identity: Establishing Balance between Identity Change and Persistence
Kyoto’s Glocal Identity: Establishing Balance between Identity Change and Persistence

Saied Reza Ameli; Fatemeh Azimzadeh Mousavi; Sara Sajjadi

Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2017, , Pages 33-59

https://doi.org/0.22059/wsps.2017.62279

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
Iran’s Foreign Policy Approaches toward International Organizations

Hossein Karimifard

Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 35-68

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.65218

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
Iran and Security Complex in the Persian Gulf

Fatemeh Shayan

Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 45-73

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.276060.1094

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