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Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies 

Abbreviated title: WSPS    Referencing style: APA
Published since: Summer 2017   Publication sequence: Quarterly (4 issues per year)
Review policy: Double-blind peer review   Release template: Printed & Electronic
Acceptance rate: 38%   Initial review time: 7 days
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Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies is delighted to announce a special issue on "Global Networks of Muslim Minorities; Contemporary Dynamics". The special issue welcomes high-quality theoretical and experimental full-research papers as well as review articles on the subject. Contributors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts until Oct. 31, 2023 following the journal author guidelines and ethics. The special issue articles are exempt from half of the publication fee.

Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies is delighted to announce a special issue on "Economic Sanctions; Consequences & Responses". The special issue welcomes high-quality theoretical and experimental full-research papers as well as review articles on the subject. Contributors are encouraged to submit their manuscripts until Oct. 31, 2023 following the journal author guidelines and ethics. The special issue articles are exempt from half of the publication fee.

 

 

 

Research Paper
Weathering a Global Transition: The Middle East’s Balancing Momentum
Weathering a Global Transition: The Middle East’s Balancing Momentum

Hassan Ahmadian

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2024, Pages 465-492

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.379844.1452

Abstract
  Regional trends strongly influence and are influenced by global power flows. For decades, international politics have been shaped and reshaped by a bipolar and, after the break down ...  Read More
Research Paper
Evolution of Türkiye’s Engagement in the Middle Eastern Regional Order: The Normalization Agenda and Beyond
Evolution of Türkiye’s Engagement in the Middle Eastern Regional Order: The Normalization Agenda and Beyond

Şaban Kardaş; Bayram Sinkaya

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2024, Pages 493-527

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.373676.1422

Abstract
  This article analyzes the transformation of Turkish foreign policy towards the Middle East during the turbulent years initiated with the Arab Spring. In due course, Turkish policy considerably ...  Read More
Research Paper
EU and the Mediterranean Bazaar: Mediterranean Competition and Multiplication of Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation Initiatives
EU and the Mediterranean Bazaar: Mediterranean Competition and Multiplication of Euro-Mediterranean Cooperation Initiatives

Ali Sabbaghian; Rajdeep Singh

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2024, Pages 529-558

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.372361.1415

Abstract
  EU has developed a plethora of initiatives to deal with the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. From Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) and the so-called Barcelona Process to ...  Read More
Viewpoint
Détente Dynamics: A Neoclassical Realist Perspective on EU Foreign Policy in the MENA Region
Détente Dynamics: A Neoclassical Realist Perspective on EU Foreign Policy in the MENA Region

Konstantinos Zarras

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2024, Pages 559-588

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.373610.1420

Abstract
  In the post-2020 security environment of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, marked by the easing of Iranian-Saudi tensions, intra-Sunni reconciliation, the resolution of ...  Read More
Viewpoint
A Nation State with Multiple Identities: Egypt in the Middle East Transition
A Nation State with Multiple Identities: Egypt in the Middle East Transition

Erzsebet N. Rozsa

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2024, Pages 589-614

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.373609.1421

Abstract
  Transition in the Middle East has been one of the most visible characteristics of the Middle East since the end of the Cold War. Having been probably the most penetrated region of the ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Difficult Friendship: Elements of Continuity and Change in Iran-Iraq Relations in Post-Saddam Era
A Difficult Friendship: Elements of Continuity and Change in Iran-Iraq Relations in Post-Saddam Era

Mahdi Ahouie; Mohammad Tefagh

Volume 8, Issue 3 , July 2024, Pages 615-652

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.380095.1453

Abstract
  Considering that the greatest threat to Iran in the past 400 years has emerged from the geography of Iraq (from the time of the Ottoman rule and onwards), it must be noted that Iraq ...  Read More
A Critique of Ziba Mir-Hosseini’s Humanistic Ethic of Social Justice
A Critique of Ziba Mir-Hosseini’s Humanistic Ethic of Social Justice

Tim Michael Orr

Volume 7, Issue 4 , October 2023, , Pages 645-680

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.369212.1399

Abstract
  Ziba Mir-Hosseini employs feminist theory and global human rights principles to promote and implement legal changes to Islamic law to achieve gender equality. She proposes the pursuit ...  Read More
Fighting the Monster: Nadia Murad’s Account of Resistance in The Last Girl
Fighting the Monster: Nadia Murad’s Account of Resistance in The Last Girl

Tayebeh Barati; Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari; Mohammad Marandi

Volume 8, Issue 1 , January 2024, , Pages 117-146

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.371764.1411

Abstract
  In the present paper, Murad’s memoir, The Last Girl, is scrutinized through the lens of Resistance Literature theories. First introduced by Kanafani (1966) and adapted by scholars ...  Read More
The (Il)legality of U.S. Sanctions on Iran Post-JCPOA Withdrawal, Focusing on the ICJ's Provisional Measures Order
The (Il)legality of U.S. Sanctions on Iran Post-JCPOA Withdrawal, Focusing on the ICJ's Provisional Measures Order

Mahdi Firoozabadian; Faramarz Yadegarian

Volume 8, Issue 2 , April 2024, , Pages 257-295

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.367463.1390

Abstract
  For over three decades, sanctions have been a consistent feature of United States policy towards Iran. Following the lifting of nuclear-related sanctions under the Joint Comprehensive ...  Read More
Global Britain and the UK's Post-Brexit Trade: Examining Attitudes of the British Stakeholders
Global Britain and the UK's Post-Brexit Trade: Examining Attitudes of the British Stakeholders

Abbas Akhoundi; Fatemeh Farivar

Volume 8, Issue 1 , January 2024, , Pages 33-73

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.371105.1406

Abstract
  Since the United Kingdom’s vote for exit from the European Union - i.e. Brexit (June 2016), the proponents of the leave campaign have claimed that the idea of Global Britain will ...  Read More
Research Paper
Iran's Geopolitical Patterns in the Ukraine Crisis: A Strategic Analysis
Iran's Geopolitical Patterns in the Ukraine Crisis: A Strategic Analysis

Hamidreza Bayat; Shahabeddin Shafi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 19 November 2024

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2024.373887.1423

Abstract
  BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The Russia-Ukraine war has ignited a complex geopolitical landscape with far-reaching implications. Global trade disruptions, economic strain, and heightened ...  Read More
Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies

Publisher:
University of Tehran

Director-in-Charge:
Said Reza Ameli

Editor-in-Chief:
Mohammad Samiei

Editorial Board:
Mohammad Jalal Abbasi Shavazi Hamid Algar Ali Behdad Piotr Dutkiewicz Amir-Mohammad Haji Yousefi Mohammad-Bagher Khoramshad Gladys Lechini Mohammad Marandi Patrick McGreevy Heshmatsadat Moinifar Mohammad Ali Mousavi Mohammad Naghizadeh Mohammad-Kazem Sajadpour

Executive Director:
Farnaz Noori

Language Editor:
Soudeh Eghtesad

Frequency: Quarterly

Print ISSN: 2588-3119

Online ISSN: 2588-3127

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