Volume 7 (2023)
Volume 6 (2022)
Volume 5 (2021)
Volume 4 (2020)
Volume 3 (2019)
Volume 2 (2018)
Volume 1 (2017)
Number of Articles: 165
China and Chabahar; Opportunities and Challenges of the Cooperation of Iran and China in the Indian Ocean
Volume 5, Issue 4 , October 2021, , Pages 803-832
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 MoreExamining the Social Basis of the Far-right Parties in Europe
Volume 1, Issue 1 , July 2017, , Pages 139-174
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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 MoreRenewable Energy Consumption and the Transition to a Green Economy in Egypt
Volume 7, Issue 1 , January 2023, , Pages 147-179
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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 MoreA Comparative Analysis of Contemporary Movements in Indonesia and the Islamic Revolution in Iran
Volume 2, Issue 1 , January 2018, , Pages 161-188
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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 MoreA Criminological Approach to International Prevention of Terrorism with a Particular Attention to Terrorist Financing in the Iranian Criminal Policy
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 167-191
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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 MoreRussia and Hamas after 2006: Realities of a Questionable Relationship
Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 193-223
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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 MoreSaudi Arabia’s Aggressive Oil Policy against Iran (2011-2016)
Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 199-232
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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 MoreSociological Critique of Baha Tāher’s East of the Palms
Volume 1, Issue 2 , October 2017, , Pages 315-337
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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 MoreThe Role of Pashtunwali Ethnic Tradition in the Historical Articulation of the Taliban Discourse in Negotiations with the Afghan Government
Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 371-409
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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 MoreIsrael Advocacy in the Academic Field: The Case of Terrorism Studies
Volume 3, Issue 2 , April 2019, , Pages 409-444
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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 MoreA Comparative Study of Historical Cultural Exchange between Iran and Ethiopia
Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 549-572
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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 MoreSystematic 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
Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, , Pages 571-616
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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 MoreGeopolitical Expounding of Africa’s Conflicts since the End of Cold War (Case Study: The States Located between 0 to 15th Parallel North)
Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 603-658
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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 MoreA Visual Framing Analysis of French and US Political Cartoons on Trump's Withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal
Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 2019, , Pages 605-647
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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 MoreEconomic Effects of Receiving IMF Loans in D8-Group Countries (Panel Data Approach)
Volume 6, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 605-636
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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 MoreNew Global Governance and the Future of the State Institution in the Middle East
Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 735-774
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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 MoreFrom Empires to Systems and Back to Empires? System Paradigm in the Intellectual Traditions of Iran, China and Russia
Volume 7, Issue 4 , October 2023, , Pages 785-807
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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 MoreOrientalist Framing of Post-Revolutionary Iran: A Study of Iranian-American Memoirs
Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 809-840
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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 MoreChanges in the Balance of International Power in the Light of China's Artificial Intelligence
Volume 5, Issue 4 , October 2021, , Pages 833-863
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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 MoreKurdish Movements and Distributive Power Structures: A Theoretical Model to Understand the Rise and Fall of Kurdish Movements
Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 839-877
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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 MoreWhat is Iran? Domestic Politics and International Relations in Five Musical Pieces, by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021. 225 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1108844703
Volume 6, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 193-196
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Read MoreOil Powers: A History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance, by Victor McFarland, New York: Colombia University Press, 2020. 357 pp. ISBN: 9780231197267
Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, , Pages 617-620
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Read MoreIran Rising: The Survival and Future of the Islamic Republic, by Amin Saikal. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2019. 326 pp. ISBN: 9780691175478
Volume 4, Issue 4 , October 2020, , Pages 841-844
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Read MoreThe Future of British Foreign Policy: Security and Diplomacy in a World after Brexit, by Christopher Hill, Cambridge: Polity Press, 2019. 256 pp. ISBN: 978-1-509-52461-7
Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, , Pages 621-625
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Read MoreChina’s Maritime Silk Road Initiative, Africa, and the Middle East: Feats, Freezes, and Failures, by Jean-Marc F. Blanchard (Ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, 2021. pp. 291 $100.85. ISBN: 978-981-33-4013-8
Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, , Pages 627-632