Volume 7 (2023)
Volume 6 (2022)
Volume 5 (2021)
Volume 4 (2020)
Volume 3 (2019)
Volume 2 (2018)
Volume 1 (2017)
Main Subjects = foreign policy
Number of Articles: 27
Britain’s Mechanism of Tolerance in the AASR’s Role Sharing: Case Study of UK-US Conflict of Interests in Iran
Volume 6, Issue 4 , October 2022, , Pages 637-672
Abstract
WWII and its consequences served to bring a new era of extensive cooperation between the United Kingdom and the United States, leading to the birth of the Anglo-American special relationship ... Read MoreFrance-U.S. Negotiations on Iran Sanctions during the 1979 Hostage Crisis (Based on France’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Declassified Archived Documents)
Volume 6, Issue 3 , July 2022, , Pages 411-437
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 MoreInstitutional Hegemonic Resilience: Understanding the Dynamics of American Exceptionalism in the Institutional World Order
Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 239-272
Abstract
The post-world war liberal order has been primarily based on the pillars of international institutions inspired from the idea of multilateral agreements and rooted in the ideological ... Read MoreNetanyahu’s Rhetoric on Iran: Securitization or Sincere Expression of Fear
Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 305-341
Abstract
Studies on securitization theory have neglected the fact that securitization is in place only when it is proven that expression of fear is insincere. A number of indicators can be retrieved ... Read MoreIran's Position in Geopolitical Competition between China and India: Emphasizing the Role of Chabahar
Volume 6, Issue 2 , April 2022, , Pages 343-369
Abstract
The geopolitical competition between India on one hand and the China-Pakistan axis, on the other hand, have made various researchers investigate the different, unknown, and influential ... Read MoreTrump’s Cognition and His Unorthodox Foreign Policy Approach
Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 433-472
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 MoreA Key Principle or a Key Partner? The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy towards Africa
Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 473-506
Abstract
According to Iran's constitution, expanding relations with Africa has always been one of the strategic principles in the country’s foreign policy; all previous presidents have ... Read MoreThe Implications of “Strategic Loneliness” for Iran’s Geopolitics: Inevitable or Constructed?
Volume 5, Issue 3 , July 2021, , Pages 507-544
Abstract
This paper pays particular attention to three critical junctures in Iran’s contemporary history: The Russo-Persian wars of the 19th century, Iran’s occupation by the Allies ... Read MoreA Spiral of Distrust: Contingencies of US Decisions in 1978–79 and the Emergence of an Anti-American Path in the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy
Volume 5, Issue 1 , January 2021, , Pages 47-82
Abstract
The anti-American inclination of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s foreign policy-making is well established, and the bitter aspects of the two nation’s history well known. ... Read MorePower from Revolution: The Configuration and Evolution of Iran’s Political Identity Reflected in the Supreme Leaders’ Hajj Messages
Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, , Pages 437-470
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This research sheds light on what has constituted and defined Iran’s post-revolutionary political identity and provides insights into its development with important socio-political ... Read MoreExploring Reactions in Paris and Berlin to the US withdrawal from the JCPOA
Volume 4, Issue 2 , April 2020, , Pages 347-378
Abstract
Germany and France are often viewed as the EU pillars in their common European foreign policy. After Brexit, their role has become even more significant. Consequently, the Euro-Atlantic ... Read MoreThe Impossible Bargain: Iranian-American Relations in the Extended Framework of Putnam’s Two-Level Game Theory
Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 37-60
Abstract
Both in the U.S. and in Iran, foreign policy making is the result of a complex negotiation process between the different bodies of the government. In both countries, anti-Iranian and ... Read MoreDiaspora Identity: A Profile of Iraqi Immigrants in the USA
Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 95-132
Abstract
Since the late 19th century, Iraqi immigrants have formed a community in the United States, which is widely known as a part of the Arab-Muslim diaspora in the country, while the reality ... Read MoreU.S. Strategy toward Africa and Trump's Rivalry Competition: A Neo-Classical Approach
Volume 4, Issue 1 , January 2020, , Pages 177-212
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This article illustrates the fact that the U.S. administration's behavior toward Africa has always been shaped by the conception of rivalries' presence, rather than the potentials of ... Read MoreCongressional Foreign Policy Actors on the Two Iran Banking Sanction Laws during the Obama Administration
Volume 3, Issue 4 , October 2019, , Pages 687-730
Abstract
The United States and Iran as former allies turned into adversaries after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Since then the United States has tried to contain Iran as a state ... Read MoreObama’s Counterterrorism Policy and the Washington Post’s Editorials: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Media-State Interaction
Volume 3, Issue 3 , July 2019, , Pages 445-481
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 MoreReassessing Britain’s Withdrawal from the Persian Gulf in 1971 and its Military Return in 2014
Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 1-44
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 MoreSaudi Arabia’s Aggressive Oil Policy against Iran (2011-2016)
Volume 3, Issue 1 , January 2019, , Pages 199-232
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 MoreThe Prospect of the United States and Saudi Arabia Relations in Light of Khashoggi Murder
Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 605-632
Abstract
A decade after the establishment of the Saudi regime Riyadh and Washington constructed a strategic alliance between themselves in 1945. On the other hand, given the “Pivot to ... Read MoreObama’s “Pivot to Asia” Policy (2011- 2016): the Case of China
Volume 2, Issue 4 , October 2018, , Pages 633-674
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It has been argued and stated that the 21st century is America's Pacific Century, the century or millennium of Asia, and century or era of China, the inevitable superpower. This paper ... Read MoreA Qualitative Content Analysis of US Foreign Policy towards Cuba during Barack Obama’s Administration: Hegemony or Leadership?
Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 445-481
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The United States’ relations with Cuba are rooted in the US intervention in the process of Cuba’s independence from Spain in the 1890s. The US preserved its interest-based ... Read MoreIran and Egypt: Emotionally Constructed Identities and the Failure to Rebuild Relations
Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2018, , Pages 483-506
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Nearly four decades after Iranian-Egyptian diplomatic relations were severed, the two countries are yet to restore them. This is a result of the predominance of certain negative emotional ... Read MorePolitical Culture and Iran`s Foreign Policy: A Comparative Study of Iran`s Foreign Policy during Ahmadinejad and Rouhani
Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 225-245
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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 MoreThe Impact of Israeli Think Tanks on Israel's Foreign Policy (2006-2017)
Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 247-285
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In the modern world, government policy makers engage in the decision making process to pursue the interests of their countries. Think tanks play a significant role in this complicated ... Read MoreA Security Effective Structure for National Defense in the 21st Century
Volume 2, Issue 2 , April 2018, , Pages 355-381