Research Paper
Silencing Trauma: Depoliticization and the Concealment of the Political in American Veterans’ Fictional Narratives of the Korean and Vietnam Wars
Silencing Trauma: Depoliticization and the Concealment of the Political in American Veterans’ Fictional Narratives of the Korean and Vietnam Wars

Sara Nazockdast; Selma Rezvanjoo; Seyed Mohammad Marandi

Volume 9, Issue 3 , July 2025, Pages 433-475

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.392256.1505

Abstract
  Trauma studies mainly focus on the psychological mechanisms of trauma and the various ways witnesses and victims represent it. But recent approaches in the field emphasize that despite ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Evolution of the Role of Culture in Iran-France Relations through the Lens of Iranian Elites
The Evolution of the Role of Culture in Iran-France Relations through the Lens of Iranian Elites

Khadije Hojati; Roohollah Hosseini

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

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

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

Seyed Ahmad Fatemi Nejad

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

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

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

Roxana Niknami

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

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

Abstract
  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
Research Paper
Assessing the Feasibility of the Trans-Caspian Pipeline: Prospects and Constrains
Assessing the Feasibility of the Trans-Caspian Pipeline: Prospects and Constrains

Qasem Osuli Odlu; Bahram Amirahmadian; Ebrahim Rezaei Rad

Volume 9, Issue 3 , July 2025, Pages 595-630

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.392738.1509

Abstract
  The importance of energy transmission pipelines, particularly for natural gas, is widely recognized due to the global dependence on energy. For landlocked Central Asian countries, natural ...  Read More
Research Paper
Türkiye’s Energy Diplomacy under Justice and Development Party 2002–2025
Türkiye’s Energy Diplomacy under Justice and Development Party 2002–2025

Rahmat Hajimineh; Behrooz Namdari; Amir Mohammad Moghani

Volume 9, Issue 3 , July 2025, Pages 631-681

https://doi.org/10.22059/wsps.2025.389989.1499

Abstract
  Türkiye’s energy diplomacy suffered from political volatility and shifting priorities since World War II, but the AKP’s 2002 electoral victory marked a transformative ...  Read More