habibollah fadavi; Seyed Asghar Keivan Hosseini
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Although in the first decade of the Islamic revolution, there were signs of "Islamic idealism discourse" in Iran's foreign policy, but following the establishment of the constructive government in 1368, evidence of a change in the said discourse was gradually revealed;In the meantime, the security policy ...
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Although in the first decade of the Islamic revolution, there were signs of "Islamic idealism discourse" in Iran's foreign policy, but following the establishment of the constructive government in 1368, evidence of a change in the said discourse was gradually revealed;In the meantime, the security policy of the Islamic Republic also encountered new innovations; The transformation that was the product of post-war domestic conditions and emerging regional and international developments and brought signs of an intellectual capacity based on (relative) consensus among decision makers.Based on this, the main question of this article is: in the framework of the construction government's security policy system in the period from 1368 to 1376, how was the relationship between development and security considerations established? In response, the desired hypothesis was also formed in this format:In the framework of the security policy, "economic development" was placed as the most central strategy of the security policy of the construction government (1368-1376) and according to this model and national role, national security and national development were considered identical.The main finding of the article also refers to the pragmatism of the construction government's security policy, beyond a historical experience.
Asghar Kayvan Hoseini; Hooshang Eimanpour Saeed
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The process European integration has been continually faced with challenges and for this reason, an important part of the European Union (EU) member states' capabilities has manifested itself in the management of crises which have been related to factors and settings of the concept of disintegration. ...
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The process European integration has been continually faced with challenges and for this reason, an important part of the European Union (EU) member states' capabilities has manifested itself in the management of crises which have been related to factors and settings of the concept of disintegration. Meanwhile, the topic democratic deficit points to the existence of some deficiency and inability in the EU with regards to attracting broad and influential participation of all the member states and their citizens in decision making arena. For this reason, the above mentioned topic has encountered various interpretations and commentaries and even objections. The aim of this article is to study theoretical and practical dimensions of the concept democratic deficit and to answer the main question: What are the theoretical dimensions of the topic democratic deficit and how it influenced the process European integration? Emphasis would be on the following hypothesis: The subject of democratic deficit as a conceptual model in the realm of EU discussions has attracted a widespread domain of favorable and unfavorable viewpoints and has culminated divergent consequences like Brexit.
