Abstract
Variety of ethnic groups, different languages and cultural differences can cause conflicts and ethnic tensions in communities, but the emergence of an ethnic conflict depends on the government's approach in managing these diversity. One of the most important mechanisms for governments to manage ethnic ...
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Variety of ethnic groups, different languages and cultural differences can cause conflicts and ethnic tensions in communities, but the emergence of an ethnic conflict depends on the government's approach in managing these diversity. One of the most important mechanisms for governments to manage ethnic diversity, language and cultural differences, is federalism. Federalism can be defined as decentralization and granting administrative autonomy to a Region in terms of geographic divisions. But federalism function to reduce ethnic conflicts, is not necessarily positive and can lead to deterioration in some cases. Accordingly, this study tries to analyze the impact of federalism on ethnic conflicts in Iraq. The research hypothesis is: through a process of creating bureaucratic structures, development of political parties and the recognition and acceptance of cultural differences, federalism can reduce sectarian violence and ethnic conflicts. The methodology of research is descriptive-explanatory.
Morteza Nourmohammadi; Roohollah Talebi Arani
Volume 5, Issue 16 , June 2016, , Pages 169-192
Abstract
Technology always has played an increasingly vital role in shaping human life.
In terms of International Relations, the existence of nuclear weapons technology
affected politics during Cold War era, but, nowadays, in the Age of Information,
Information and communications technology play an increasingly ...
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Technology always has played an increasingly vital role in shaping human life.
In terms of International Relations, the existence of nuclear weapons technology
affected politics during Cold War era, but, nowadays, in the Age of Information,
Information and communications technology play an increasingly vital role in
international system, international security, war and conflicts. Thus, drawing a
content analysis on significant theoretical classic texts in international relations,
the article seeks to explain whether and to what extent three grand theoretical
approaches to international relations, realism, liberalism and constructivism,
have theoretically paid attention to a role played by the expansion of Information
and communications technology in international arena. The article concluded that
international relations theories would have experience a conceptual development.
The reflexivist criticism of the dominant theoretical approaches of international
relations grow more severe, and theories such as constructivism would be more
significant than ever.
Morteza Noormohammadi; Hojjat Kazemi
Volume 4, Issue 12 , July 2015, , Pages 87-113
Abstract
Cultural Iranophobia is a phenomenon that resembles the Persian Gulf
countries’ fear of Iran’s identity and culture. This fear comes from an unreal
presumption that they have given to Iran’s cultural components and foundations.
According to this way of thinking, a system of meaning ...
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Cultural Iranophobia is a phenomenon that resembles the Persian Gulf
countries’ fear of Iran’s identity and culture. This fear comes from an unreal
presumption that they have given to Iran’s cultural components and foundations.
According to this way of thinking, a system of meaning has been constructed in
their view, that we can call it a “discourse”. This discourse consists of many
elements like Shiism, Iranian nationality and the revolutionary nature. This
phenomenon can have irreparable effects on Iran’s cultural image and
landscape. It can also hinder Iran’s strategies and programs for extension of its
culture to the regional and global cultural space. Hence, this research tries to
analyze the role of culture in genesis of cultural Iranophobia in the Persian Gulf
states and bring up the question about the the genesis of cultural Iranophobia in
countries in Persian Gulf arena. The hypothesis of this research is that dualism
between Arab and Ajam [non-Arab], intervention modeling and Conservative /
revolutionary attitude are elements of Iranophobia in the Persian Gulf state; and
these elements are intensified by Iran’s enemies and created a horrifying image
from the Islamic Republic of Iran, so it will reduces Iran’s cultural relations.
