Abbas Ali Rahbar; Majid Nejat Poor; Mojtaba Mousavi Nejhad
Volume 4, Issue 14 , December 2015, Pages 9-39
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Currently, a major manifestation of soft power influence in foreign policyis soft power of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. As a political unite Islamicrepublic of Iran has an identity. This identity is consisted of national,Islamic, revolutionary, and Eastern elements which lead its behavior ininternational ...
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Currently, a major manifestation of soft power influence in foreign policyis soft power of the Islamic Revolution of Iran. As a political unite Islamicrepublic of Iran has an identity. This identity is consisted of national,Islamic, revolutionary, and Eastern elements which lead its behavior ininternational arena.In the light of soft power and values such as martyrdom, moralities,justice, independence, and confrontation with west and Zionism, Iranmanaged to initiate re-believing and awakening process in region and showits soft power abilities in the Middle East. In this paper we try to study theeffects of the Iranian soft power on the Islamic awaking in Northern Africaspecially Egypt, Tunisia, and Libya
Jalil Dara; Mostafa Karami
Volume 4, Issue 14 , December 2015, Pages 41-69
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Revolutions are studied from different perspectives and levels, causes oftheir occurrence, consequences, affecting forces and their reflections and soon. The Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979 and the Egyptian revolution inJanuary 2011 as two major political and social changes, can be studied andcompared ...
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Revolutions are studied from different perspectives and levels, causes oftheir occurrence, consequences, affecting forces and their reflections and soon. The Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979 and the Egyptian revolution inJanuary 2011 as two major political and social changes, can be studied andcompared from different perspectives and approaches. Especially, in one ofthem that is the Iranian revolution, led to the victory of the Islamic streamand the continuation of a political system, and in the other, the Egyptianrevolution, despite initial successes of the Muslim Brotherhood, and aftertaking power for a year, eventually driven out of power by a military coupwhen public opposition expanded, and after the repression, the MuslimBrotherhood social and political activities were banned and prohibited.Now, the question is how the Islamist movement in Iran and Egypt, led to adifferent results in the revolution and its subsequent events. In response tothis question, the hypothesis is that the role of leadership can be consideredas an effective factor in the movement during and after the revolution
Gholam Ali Chegani Zadeh; Mohammad Reza Sahraei
Volume 4, Issue 14 , December 2015, Pages 71-101
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In 2001, after the international intervention in Afghanistan and theconclusion of Bon Agreement, international peacebuilding efforts wereinitiated in order to prevent reoccurrences of internal war and to createpolitical, economic and social bases for durable peace in Afghanistan.Nevertheless, 14 years ...
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In 2001, after the international intervention in Afghanistan and theconclusion of Bon Agreement, international peacebuilding efforts wereinitiated in order to prevent reoccurrences of internal war and to createpolitical, economic and social bases for durable peace in Afghanistan.Nevertheless, 14 years after the conclusion of Bon Agreement, peacebuildingprocess faces many challenges. In this regard, in this research thesequestions have been answered: what are the challenges for peacebuildingefforts in Afghanistan and how these challenges could be overcome? Inorder to answer these question, the findings of the research show that flawswithin the Bon Agreement has a major role in failure of peacebuildingefforts and in order to advance the peacebuilding process it is necessary thatinternational objectives and approaches be redefined. In this matter, thechallenges facing peacebuilding process in Afghanistan have beenelaborated and explained. Meanwhile, new solutions which are necessary toovercome the challenges have been proposed
Hossein Amanloo; Shoja Ahmad Vand
Volume 4, Issue 14 , December 2015, Pages 103-133
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This paper tries to study the Recognition of royal identity in Ancient Iran,using discourse analysis. The foundations of royal identity in Ancient Iran isbased on the divine order and pattern of the political system. Thus, it isresponsible for all of the affairs of the ideal king as hand of the idealintentions. ...
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This paper tries to study the Recognition of royal identity in Ancient Iran,using discourse analysis. The foundations of royal identity in Ancient Iran isbased on the divine order and pattern of the political system. Thus, it isresponsible for all of the affairs of the ideal king as hand of the idealintentions. The king of Ancient Iran is the most perfect representative of thecelestial law implementations.This article deals with the question of the identity of the ideal king inancient structures in order to lead the society to Utopia. This paperhypothesis argues that this identity is formed through signs such as:charisma, race, justice and truth, religion and piety, dutifulness, intellect andwisdom, strength and courage, education and teaching. The central slab, theKing as a representative of the gods on Earth have stabilized these signs
Sadegh Mohammadi; Mohammad Ali Basiri
Volume 4, Issue 14 , December 2015, Pages 135-166
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Globalization as a process or a project brings inevitable effects in the international system. One of these effects of globalization will be globalized religion. What is the globalized religion? There are different opinions among experts in this field. There can be a core of consensus about this ...
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Globalization as a process or a project brings inevitable effects in the international system. One of these effects of globalization will be globalized religion. What is the globalized religion? There are different opinions among experts in this field. There can be a core of consensus about this globalized religion which is a package of shared principles and values in universal religion. In this religious context the religion that is more complete and more comprehensive would have a greater share and this religion is Islam. Submission theology believes the process of globalization provides a space for understanding the true principles of religious beliefs which can lead to human salvation in this world and the other. The main question of this paper is: what is the impact of globalization on submission theology? The main hypothesis of this paper is that globalization provides possibilities and influences for submission theology in the area of religion to form a single and unifying discourse. The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between submission theology and religious pluralism for achieving a single and unifying discourse of comprehensive religion in the process of globalization. The research method will be analytical and descriptive using library tools.
Jaseb Nik far; Mahdi Mahidashti
Volume 4, Issue 14 , December 2015, Pages 167-197
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Oil is one of the main issues of concern between the KRG and the Iraqicentral government which has gained growing attention in recent years. Thisissue has developed extensive dimensions during the past recent years whichled the divergence between the KRG and the central government anddeepened the existing ...
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Oil is one of the main issues of concern between the KRG and the Iraqicentral government which has gained growing attention in recent years. Thisissue has developed extensive dimensions during the past recent years whichled the divergence between the KRG and the central government anddeepened the existing gap increasingly. Much of the tension goes back to thementality and concepts on which both sides have agreed according to whichthey try to act. In this research we seek to investigate the issue, which couldbe called the second crisis of Iraq’s oil, to see what strategies and plans theKRG adopts for its oil production under its own control. The hypothesis ofthe study suggests that since socio-political structures of Kurdistan havealways evolved around the concept of "autonomy and independence", theissue of oil can be used as an economic catalyst in line with these definitions.In this study, the descriptive-qualitative method and the theory ofconstructivism is applied for analysis.
Ali Reza Samiei Esfahani; Mohsen Shfiei Seif Abadi
Volume 4, Issue 14 , December 2015, Pages 199-227
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The following article is orchestrated on the basis of scenario-basedprocessing as one of the main methods of future study. It tries to answer thismain question that “what would be the probable direction of the Salafijihadist groups such as Al-Nusra Front and Islamic state of Iraq and Syria(ISSI) ...
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The following article is orchestrated on the basis of scenario-basedprocessing as one of the main methods of future study. It tries to answer thismain question that “what would be the probable direction of the Salafijihadist groups such as Al-Nusra Front and Islamic state of Iraq and Syria(ISSI) in the Middle East? It seems that five scenarios can be anticipated inthree categories: A) Favorable scenario: 1) the final destruction of TakfirijihadiIslamists and democratically distribution of power under theceremonial leadership of Bashar al-Assad 2) suppression of takfiri groupsand ruling of the Islamic Republic, instead of the Arabic Republic of Syriaand Iraq. B) Probable scenario: 1) the elimination of Da’ash anddistribution of power between Kurds, Shiites and Sunnite in Syria 2)Breakup of Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan's independence. C) Possible scenarios:1) capturing Baghdad and Beirut government and establishing thegovernment known as the Islamic regime by takfiri-jihadi groups. In order tokeep their own entities, the political systems of Syria and Iraq should carryout reforms mainly in the political, economic and social realms
