China and Chabahar; Opportunities and Challenges of the Cooperation of Iran and China in the Indian Ocean
China and Chabahar; Opportunities and Challenges of the Cooperation of Iran and China in the Indian Ocean

Sahar Hossein Babaei Mamaghani; Ali Asadikhomami

Volume 5, Issue 4 , October 2021, , Pages 803-832

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.336595.1270

Abstract
  China has invested in the Gwadar port in Pakistan to create an economic corridor with the aim of connecting China to Central Asia through the Indian Ocean. This program is part of the ...  Read More
Examining the Social Basis of the Far-right Parties in Europe
Examining the Social Basis of the Far-right Parties in Europe

Mohammad Javad Mohammadi; Seyed Nader Nourbakhsh

Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2017, , Pages 139-174

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2017.62283

Abstract
  Far-right parties have been increasingly spreading throughout Europe since 1980s; they have attracted the attention of many voters, especially the youth and the workers by campaigning ...  Read More
Renewable Energy Consumption and the Transition to a Green Economy in Egypt
Renewable Energy Consumption and the Transition to a Green Economy in Egypt

Roohollah Kohanhoosh Nejad

Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 147-179

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.365940.1384

Abstract
  This paper aims at defining the green economy index and using econometric models in order to investigate the relationship between the consumption of renewable energy in Egypt’s ...  Read More
A Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Movements in Indonesia and the Islamic Revolution in Iran
A Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Movements in Indonesia and the Islamic Revolution in Iran

Yahya Fozi; Zohreh Hemmati

Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 161-188

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.65222

Abstract
  Throughout history until today, the Islamic world has been witness to various movements which have been formed in response to special demands. The current article aims to address the ...  Read More
A Criminological Approach to International Prevention of Terrorism with a Particular Attention to Terrorist Financing in the Iranian Criminal Policy
A Criminological Approach to International Prevention of Terrorism with a Particular Attention to Terrorist Financing in the Iranian Criminal Policy

Mehrdad Fotouhi; Mehrdad Rayejian Asli; Hassanali Moazenzadegan

Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 167-191

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.339681.1284

Abstract
  In a democratic society, the fight against terrorism is based almost exclusively on crime prevention. If the prevention of terrorism is addressed properly, there will be no need for ...  Read More
Russia and Hamas after 2006: Realities of a Questionable Relationship
Russia and Hamas after 2006: Realities of a Questionable Relationship

Hassan Ahmadian; Barari Khodayar

Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 193-223

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.334274.1249

Abstract
  This article aims at examining Russia's relations with the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and Moscow's motives and goals for the establishment and enhancement of those ties. We ...  Read More
Saudi Arabia’s Aggressive Oil Policy against Iran (2011-2016)
Saudi Arabia’s Aggressive Oil Policy against Iran (2011-2016)

Saeed Mirtorabi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 199-232

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.273394.1085

Abstract
  Iran and Saudi Arabia have long been engaged in heated rivalry and conflict in the Middle East. These two regional powers are both major oil-exporting countries; in major foreign policy ...  Read More
Sociological Critique of Baha Tāher’s East of the Palms
Sociological Critique of Baha Tāher’s East of the Palms

Ezzat Molla Ebrahimi; Mohammad Safaei

Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2017, , Pages 315-337

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2017.242110.1029

Abstract
  Literature, in addition to its aesthetic and artistic aspects, has always been a reflection of social and cultural realities and characteristics of its respective era and society. Sociological ...  Read More
The Role of Pashtunwali Ethnic Tradition in the Historical Articulation of the Taliban Discourse in Negotiations with the Afghan Government
The Role of Pashtunwali Ethnic Tradition in the Historical Articulation of the Taliban Discourse in Negotiations with the Afghan Government

Rohollah Eslami; Mohammad Reza Safari

Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 371-409

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.346782.1312

Abstract
  After the fall of the republic in Afghanistan and the raising of the Taliban flag on the presidential palace, many thought that Afghanistan would GO back in time and return to the years ...  Read More
Israel Advocacy in the Academic Field: The Case of Terrorism Studies
Israel Advocacy in the Academic Field: The Case of Terrorism Studies

Elham Kadkhodaee

Volume 3, Issue 2 , April 2019, , Pages 409-444

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.286488.1111

Abstract
  Research on the special relationship between the United States and Israel has usually been focused on strategic aspects, whilst fewer scholars have focused on non-material dimensions ...  Read More
A Comparative Study of Historical Cultural Exchange between Iran and Ethiopia
A Comparative Study of Historical Cultural Exchange between Iran and Ethiopia

Amirbahram Arabahmadi

Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 549-572

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2018.69043

Abstract
  Iran and Ethiopia have had bilateral relations for almost two thousand years. These relations were accompanied by cultural exchanges among the people, resulting in the acceptance of ...  Read More
Systematic Analysis of State-Nation Building and Political Development in Afghanistan: A Critical Approach to the Bonn Agreement and the Doctrine of Liberal Democracy from 2002 to 2021
Systematic Analysis of State-Nation Building and Political Development in Afghanistan: A Critical Approach to the Bonn Agreement and the Doctrine of Liberal Democracy from 2002 to 2021

Rohollah Eslami; Ebrahim Forozesh

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, , Pages 571-616

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.322489.1211

Abstract
  By withdrawing from Afghanistan, the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended in the 1990s. Throughout that decade, western governments forgot the people of Afghanistan. But the ...  Read More
Geopolitical Expounding of Africa’s Conflicts since the End of Cold War (Case Study: The States Located between 0 to 15th Parallel North)
Geopolitical Expounding of Africa’s Conflicts since the End of Cold War (Case Study: The States Located between 0 to 15th Parallel North)

Meysam Mirzaei Tabar; Mohammad Reza Hafeznian; Seyed Yahya Safavi; Hadi Azami

Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 603-658

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.331134.1240

Abstract
  A conflict can involve anything from a personal disagreement between two people to the emergence of a world war. When a conflict arises, a combination of the main components of geopolitics ...  Read More
A Visual Framing Analysis of French and US Political Cartoons on Trump's Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal
A Visual Framing Analysis of French and US Political Cartoons on Trump's Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal

Hadi Dolatabadi; Zeinab Ghasemi Tari

Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 2019, , Pages 605-647

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.289255.1119

Abstract
  The present study examines how Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on May 8, 2018 was framed in political cartoons published in the ...  Read More
Economic Effects of Receiving IMF Loans in D8-Group Countries (Panel Data Approach)
Economic Effects of Receiving IMF Loans in D8-Group Countries (Panel Data Approach)

Mohammad Ghaffary Fard; Mohammad Ibrahim Akbari; Mohammad Ali Raza

Volume 6, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 605-636

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2023.355982.1342

Abstract
  Economic growth is a major goal for developing countries; governments therefore strive to create favorable conditions and allocate necessary resources for the prosperity of their nations. ...  Read More
New Global Governance and the Future of the State Institution in the Middle East
New Global Governance and the Future of the State Institution in the Middle East

Siamak Bahrami

Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 735-774

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2019.260336.1060

Abstract
  Changes in the international system, along with crises in the Middle East and the emergence of inefficient states coexisting with religious and racial groups in the region, make one ...  Read More
From Empires to Systems and Back to Empires? System Paradigm in the Intellectual Traditions of Iran, China and Russia
From Empires to Systems and Back to Empires? System Paradigm in the Intellectual Traditions of Iran, China and Russia

Oleg Pakhomov

Volume 7, Issue 4 , October 2023, , Pages 785-807

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.368510.1394

Abstract
  This paper is an attempt to reconsider the legacy of universalism of traditional empires from the perspective of systems theory. In the West, the system ideas were already present in ...  Read More
Orientalist Framing of Post-Revolutionary Iran: A Study of Iranian-American Memoirs
Orientalist Framing of Post-Revolutionary Iran: A Study of Iranian-American Memoirs

Elham Kadkhodaee; Zeinab Ghasemi Tari

Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 809-840

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.332132.1243

Abstract
  Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979 and the deposition of the pro-American Pahlavi regime in Iran, an interest in the country as a mythical, complex, and conflict-ridden place has ...  Read More
Changes in the Balance of International Power in the Light of China's Artificial Intelligence
Changes in the Balance of International Power in the Light of China's Artificial Intelligence

Reza Simbar; Samereh Fasihi Moghadam Lakani

Volume 5, Issue 4 , October 2021, , Pages 833-863

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2022.336553.1268

Abstract
  Artificial Intelligence (AI), as a strategic technology, has provided a platform for international competition; ever since the development of the first AI strategy in 2017, to the final ...  Read More
Kurdish Movements and Distributive Power Structures: A Theoretical Model to Understand the Rise and Fall of Kurdish Movements
Kurdish Movements and Distributive Power Structures: A Theoretical Model to Understand the Rise and Fall of Kurdish Movements

Siamak Bahrami

Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 839-877

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.296247.1134

Abstract
  Many studies have been conducted on the Kurds and their movements. Most authors have considered historical dimensions or applied limited theoretical variables, but have not ...  Read More