Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies

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The Unlawful Israeli-U.S. Attacks on Iran in 2025: A Doctrinal Legal Analysis under International Law

Mohammadreza Dehshiri; Zahra Ahmadi

Volume 10, Issue 2 , April 2026, Pages 319-369

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2026.397613.1537

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The fundamental norms of the United Nations Charter, particularly the prohibition on the use of force and the inviolability of state sovereignty, have been repeatedly challenged in ... Read More

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Investigating Israeli Democracy with a Focus on the Situation of Palestinians Residing in the Territories Occupied since 1948

Tahereh Goodarzi; Javad Sharbaf

Volume 10, Issue 2 , April 2026, Pages 371-407

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

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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

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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

Volume 10, Issue 2 , April 2026, Pages 409-485

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

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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

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Recognizing the Antecedents of the Iraqi Council of Ministers' Cultural Diplomacy

Eyam Abd Sarhan Sarhan; Saeid Sharifi; Sahar Faeghi; Ali Hameed Handi Al Ali

Volume 10, Issue 2 , April 2026, Pages 487-519

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2026.403571.1557

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This study aims to identify the antecedents, preconditions, and enabling factors required for the Iraqi Council of Ministers to formulate and implement an effective cultural diplomacy ... Read More

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

Siavash Chavoshi

Volume 10, Issue 2 , April 2026, Pages 521-563

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

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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

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Identity Construction and Historical Narratives: (Mis)Representation of Iran in the Awakening the Great Seljuks

Maede Poorsafaee; Mohammad Soltaninejad

Volume 10, Issue 2 , April 2026, Pages 565-603

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

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While existing research highlights the role of drama in shaping Turkish national identity, the veracity of the narratives conveyed through plays has not been investigated. The present ... Read More

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Opportunities and Challenges of Regional Integration in the Americas and the Middle East: Comparative Dynamics of the Organization of American States and the League of Arab States

Elaheh Nourigholamizadeh; Mahdi Jarban

Volume 10, Issue 2 , April 2026, Pages 605-657

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2026.394674.1519

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Regionalism, a phenomenon much older than globalization, has long promoted the individual and collective interests of countries. Accordingly, American and Middle Eastern nations have ... Read More

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Post-war Victimization in Israeli Aggression against Iran (2025) From the Perspective of Cultural Criminology

Mahdi Khaghani Esfahani

Volume 10, Issue 2 , April 2026, Pages 659-695

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2026.409406.1571

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The Israeli aggression against Iran in June 2025—targeting defense infrastructure, military personnel, civilians including scientists, children, and women, as well as hospitals, ... Read More The Israeli aggression against Iran in June 2025—targeting defense infrastructure, military personnel, civilians including scientists, children, and women, as well as hospitals, schools, and national media—was not merely a military confrontation but a turning point in the collective and psychological victimization of Iranian society. The ensuing fear, urban displacement, partial economic collapse, and existential anxiety fractured Iran’s cultural and moral fabric, creating conditions for new forms of post-war violence. This study examines how collective victimization reproduces violence and breaks norms in the post-war context both at cultural and psychological levels, and explores the relationship between symbolic violence in media, political discourse, and everyday life (routine activity criminology). The central premise posits that aggression —and the enduring fear of its recurrence—erodes social cohesion, normalizes aggression, and embeds violent cultural patterns into civic life, generating a cyclical process of victimization and offending, wherein society itself perpetuates violence. From a cultural criminological perspective, this cycle reflects a normalization of deviance and a redefinition of social power through violence. Breaking it requires a shift in Iran’s criminal policy from a security-based to a cultural and restorative approach at legislative, judicial, and executive levels—prioritizing the symbolic reconstruction of trust, hope, and meaning alongside structural post-war recovery.The central hypothesis posits that aggression —and the enduring fear of its recurrence—erodes social cohesion, normalizes aggression, and embeds violent cultural patterns into civic life, generating a cyclical process of victimization and offending wherein society itself perpetuates violence. From a cultural criminological perspective, this cycle reflects a normalization of deviance and a redefinition of social power through violence. Breaking it requires a shift in Iran’s criminal policy from a security-based to a cultural and restorative approach at legislative, judicial, and executive levels—prioritizing the symbolic reconstruction of trust, hope, and

De-escalating the India-Pakistan Conflict in the Shadow of Nuclear Weapons: A 27-Year History

Volume 9, Issue 3 , July 2025, , Pages 519-558

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.387716.1491

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Recently, the India-Pakistan conflict has escalated after the Pahalgam terrorist attack. The Indo-Pakistani conflict has been one of the longest running issues in International Politics ... Read More

The Impact of U.S. Extraterritorial Sanctions on Iran-EU Relations (2018–2024)

Volume 9, Issue 3 , July 2025, , Pages 559-594

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.389168.1495

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Since the victory of the Islamic Revolution, sanctions have consistently been a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy against Iran. Beyond their direct impact on bilateral tensions between ... Read More

Managing the Crisis: AI and the Demise of National Sovereignty?

Volume 9, Issue 4 , October 2025, , Pages 853-886

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.396021.1522

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This study investigates the evolving crisis of national sovereignty in the context of artificial intelligence and the expanding power of transnational technology corporations. Drawing ... Read More

The Evolution of the Role of Culture in Iran-France Relations through the Lens of Iranian Elites

Volume 9, Issue 3 , July 2025, , Pages 477-518

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.387555.1489

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Iran valued and positioned France and its culture inside a conceptual image of its own civilization prior to the Islamic Revolution. Even if France lags behind Iran in solid political ... Read More

Artificial Intelligence and the Future of International Law and Power

Volume 9, Issue 4 , October 2025, , Pages 923-958

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.401951.1552

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This study investigates the way in which public discourse on social media reflects and shapes global power dynamics surrounding AI. Leveraging a corpus of approximately 21,000 English-language ... Read More

Research Paper

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Economic Security and Strategic Adaptation in the Persian Gulf: Rethinking US–Iran Rivalry through Persian Gulf Eyes

Roohollah Kohanhoosh Nejad; Seyyed Mahdi Pakzat

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

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2026.399429.1543

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This paper reexamines the economic security dynamics of the Persian Gulf by applying a neoliberal institutionalist framework to the evolving relationship between Iran and the United ... Read More

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