Research Paper
Creating A New Anglo-Saxon Empire: A Post-Colonial Analysis of Alfred Milner’s Constructive Imperialism
Creating A New Anglo-Saxon Empire: A Post-Colonial Analysis of Alfred Milner’s Constructive Imperialism

Ali Zeraatpisheh; Mohammad Marandi; Maryam Soltan Beyad

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, Pages 401-436

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.320601.1204

Abstract
  At the end of the 19th century the British Empire faced numerous challenges, both external and internal. The cultural and political elite from across the Empire tried to find a solution ...  Read More
Research Paper
Power from Revolution: The Configuration and Evolution of Iran’s Political Identity Reflected in the Supreme Leaders’ Hajj Messages
Power from Revolution: The Configuration and Evolution of Iran’s Political Identity Reflected in the Supreme Leaders’ Hajj Messages

Mohammad Samiei; Na Shao-Qian

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, Pages 437-470

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.313660.1183

Abstract
  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 More
Research Paper
EU Economic & Financial Sanctions against Iran and their Human Rights Implications
EU Economic & Financial Sanctions against Iran and their Human Rights Implications

Roxana Niknami

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, Pages 471-504

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2020.303333.1151

Abstract
  Since the advent of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, the country has been continuously subject to severe sanctions by the Western countries, especially the United States. In all these ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Criminological Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic with a Comparative Perspective Based on Iran’s and the World’s Data
A Criminological Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic with a Comparative Perspective Based on Iran’s and the World’s Data

Mehrdad Rayejian Asli

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, Pages 505-532

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.321030.1205

Abstract
  The present research explores some of the most significant aspects of the COVID-19 outbreak from the perspective of criminology through carrying out a comparative analysis of Iran’s ...  Read More
Research Paper
The British Self and Continental Other: The Question of British National Identity in the 2016 Referendum
The British Self and Continental Other: The Question of British National Identity in the 2016 Referendum

Fatemeh Salkhori; Mohammad Reza Saeidabadi

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, Pages 533-570

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.323965.1222

Abstract
  The Brexit, UK’s withdrawal from the EU in 2020 was a pivotal moment in the history of Europe. The United Kingdom and the European Union have a longstanding relationship, which ...  Read More
Research Paper
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
Book Review
Oil Powers: A History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance, by Victor McFarland, New York: Colombia University Press, 2020. 357 pp. ISBN: 9780231197267
Oil Powers: A History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance, by Victor McFarland, New York: Colombia University Press, 2020. 357 pp. ISBN: 9780231197267

Ehsan Rasoulinezhad

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, Pages 617-620

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.322336.1210

Abstract
  In Oil Powers: A History of the U.S.-Saudi Alliance, Victor McFarland explores the US-Saudi relationship through an investigation of not only the contemporary US relationship with Saudi ...  Read More
Book Review
The 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
The 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

Elham Abedini

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, Pages 621-625

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.325402.1226

Abstract
  The book, The Future of British Foreign Policy: Security and Diplomacy in a World after Brexit, is written by a well-known professor and expert in British foreign policy affairs, Professor ...  Read More
Book Review
China’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
China’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

Maziar Mozaffari Falarti; Behzad Abdollahpour

Volume 4, Issue 3 , July 2020, Pages 627-632

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2021.326566.1231

Abstract
  Since the inception of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, China has increased its presence and influence in Africa and the MENA region. Taking advantage of economic opportunities ...  Read More