Research Letter of International Relations: 4 (19)

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1 - Influences of Arabic Spring and Color revolutions in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Habibollah Abolhassan Shirazi

Abstract Arabic uprisings which began from Tunisia and developed to Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, there was some questions to mind that the uprising could spread to other parts of the world? Possibility of long-term instability into Eurasia in More

Abstract Arabic uprisings which began from Tunisia and developed to Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, there was some questions to mind that the uprising could spread to other parts of the world? Possibility of long-term instability into Eurasia in general and in the Caucasus and Central Asia in particular have created serious concerns about the occurrence of similar uprisings against the political regimes in the region. Arabic uprisings leading to the establishment of authoritarian regimes and prevent their societies form any development conditions. There are some similarities between the communist societies of the Soviet Union and the Arabic societies such as widespread corruption, lack of atmosphere of competitive politics and the gap between rich and poor class. Appearance of some colored revolutions in the CIS countries have also considered as an unexpected event in the third millennium.   This paper attempts to answer these questions that why and how Arabic Spring happened? How we can analysis influences of Arabic Spring in Central Asia and the Caucasus? This paper also investigates the formation of color revolutions in the Eurasia, causes and factors which influenced in Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan developments. Manuscript profile

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2 - Right Wing in France: From de Gaulle to Sarkozy
Hojjatollah Ayoobi

Abdtract In this paper, the history and characteristics of the right-wing of France have been studied with the emphasis on Gaullists. Despite his opposition with party system, General de Gaulle contributed to the advancement of this system in France through establishing More

Abdtract In this paper, the history and characteristics of the right-wing of France have been studied with the emphasis on Gaullists. Despite his opposition with party system, General de Gaulle contributed to the advancement of this system in France through establishing the political party. After him, Jacques Chirac undertook the General de Gaulle's heritage for achieving democracy by forming the "Union of Democrats for the Republic". During Jacques Chirac Presidency, this Party was on the wane. Finally, Nicolas Sarkozy won the internal party campaign and took control over the presidency of this party by changing the name of party to "Union for the Presidential Majority". In addition to the other Parties like the Gaullists and Naglists, the French National Front is one the most important political Parties in the right-wing. Some people consider this party -which is far-right - amongst Neo-Nazists because of its severe and extreme positions. This article deals with the most important Right-Wing Parties in France.  Manuscript profile

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3 - The Behavior Study of Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran toward crises inside Chechnya, Bosnia, Palestine in the form of Ideology and National Interest
Ardeshir Sanaei

Abstract Foreign policy intensifies a country ordination regarding to the international political structure. Each country is required to design an active and dynamic foreign policy aiming to operating within the international context. The national benefit is taken in ac More

Abstract Foreign policy intensifies a country ordination regarding to the international political structure. Each country is required to design an active and dynamic foreign policy aiming to operating within the international context. The national benefit is taken in account as a framework that based on that approaches and appliances of the foreign policy are organized. In the other word, achievement of national interest play role as an intensifier for state foreign policies. Due to its particular identity in the foreign policy that emerges its dimensions and decisions adapted with the Islamic regulations, Iran has a type of performance different from the other countries. Within the present study focus is on those decisions and the actions taken by the diplomacy organism of Islamic Republic of Iran within the three critical districts of Chechnya, Bosnia, and Palestine. Regarding the fact that system of Iranian diplomacy and legislation is based on the Islamic ideology, a comparative comparison study is conducted on these three districts. Necessity of adaptation between the Iranian foreign diplomacy and these criterions and also the national interest are discussed through the research. The questions that this study attempts to response includes: what kinds of actions have been operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran confronting with events of these three districts? Moreover, do the actionshave been adapted with the Islamic ideology or the national interests, or constitution?  Manuscript profile

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4 - A Survey on Nuclear Cooperation between Iran and Russia during Khatami and Ahmadinejad Periods
Davood Bavand Tahereh Mirzaee

Russian and Iranian foreign policy in history has been based on alerts and news. If you look to the new era of relations between Iran and Russia, these relationships are formed around a core fundamental as “nuclear cooperation”. Nuclear cooperation between I More

Russian and Iranian foreign policy in history has been based on alerts and news. If you look to the new era of relations between Iran and Russia, these relationships are formed around a core fundamental as “nuclear cooperation”. Nuclear cooperation between Iran and Russia began when Tehran’s top priority was reconstruction and strengthening economic and security with the purpose of compensation for damages caused by the 8 years war with Iraq. In January 1995 Moscow and Tehran have signed a contract to complete the Bushehr nuclear power planet worth $800 million. Since the Bushehr contract, Washington constantly wanted to stop this 100- megawatt light – water reactor and is concerned that this facility will help Iran’s nuclear weapons. The main question, in this research, is that what was the result of cooperation between Iran and Russia on the Bushehr nuclear project during President . Khatami and President .Ahmadinejad? And to prove it, in this study, we hypothesized that cooperation between Iran and Russia during Per. Khatami was based on political – economic purposes and during Per. Ahmadinejad the military and security aspects became the top priority than political – economic aspects.  Manuscript profile

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5 - Identity Crisis and Its Solution from Discursive Perspective
Hossein Seifzadeh

Abstract The “exteriority” of unidimensional devices to identify the self, motivated this scholar to offer an intellectual construct to “simulate” the “contextual-based” and plural identity of the self in the Caspian basin countries. More

Abstract The “exteriority” of unidimensional devices to identify the self, motivated this scholar to offer an intellectual construct to “simulate” the “contextual-based” and plural identity of the self in the Caspian basin countries. Built upon Saussaurian “syntagmatic axis,” he offers a “correspondence discoursive” construct. Unlike to what Saussaure calls “paradigmatic axis” of unidimensional definitions of either individual or collective self, the “correspondence discursive construct” is contextual-bound. Hence, it is perpetually de/re-conststructed by the antithetical forces between (1) the ideational and situational contexts or (2) the individual or collective self. Inspired by both Molawi and the Heidegerian presumptions that the ideational self is unvoluntarily “thrown to” and “delivered over” to the “corporal” or “situational,” he/she/or they remain persistently positioned to be “thrown-away” of them. Nonetheless, the self is evolved within corporal or situational. Due to this inherent contextuality, I named this connstruct as “discursive identity.” It is to be noted that this intellectual construct gives the priority to individual will to define the self or accept a definition of the self. As such, discursive identity deconstructs both primordial or institutional definitions of identity, as suggested by either traditional or modern philosophers.  Manuscript profile

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6 - Micro Strategy of the U.S. in the Middle East: A Sense for Interaction of Soft Power and Hard Power
Seyed Mohammad Tabatabaei Yousef Sayfi

Abstract Soft Power theory is a definition of power which many governments have used it consciously or unconsciously long time before its exposure in states relations. However the importance of this theory is because of its new definition by which we can study behavior More

Abstract Soft Power theory is a definition of power which many governments have used it consciously or unconsciously long time before its exposure in states relations. However the importance of this theory is because of its new definition by which we can study behaviors and the manner of governments in the domain of international affairs. This is to say that the contrast exists in this theory on power concept, could be considered as a scale for the governments facing with interests and aspirations that they have defined it before for themselves. Now, if we consider the United States main strategy in the Middle East with this view and the U.S. soft and hard power, we can find three special periods since new century up to now. During these three periods, gradually the importance of soft power has been increased against the hard power. The reason for the hard power declines is because of the limitations that U.S. has had in the Middle East from the beginning of his presence in this region. Therefore, the U.S. is left with no choice but to use soft power as a tool to overcome the hard power limitations.  Manuscript profile

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7 - Interpretative Construction of Security in terms of Constructivism
Hassan Eivazzadeh Ardebili

Constructivism is as a new and exquisite view in the contemporary international relations. It seems to be as a mainstream alternative which can enough to stop the rationalist ideas that they pay. In this respect, the aim is security issue and its changes in the post Col More

Constructivism is as a new and exquisite view in the contemporary international relations. It seems to be as a mainstream alternative which can enough to stop the rationalist ideas that they pay. In this respect, the aim is security issue and its changes in the post Cold War. The author attempts to evaluate the security issue in view of Constructivism which seem to indicate between different identities and security in interaction with the rules and norms intellectual and cultural world of contemporary international relations will be developed.   Manuscript profile

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8 - The U. S. Theoretical Analyses of Behavioral Patterns towards China
Ebrahim Mottaghi

Abstract Science the normalization of ties up to now, the United States behavioral patterns about china has been a combination of political interaction, economic convergence as the alternative policy, and strategic in folding pattern as the prior policy. For a visionar More

Abstract Science the normalization of ties up to now, the United States behavioral patterns about china has been a combination of political interaction, economic convergence as the alternative policy, and strategic in folding pattern as the prior policy. For a visionary analysis of the United States behavior about china, different types of these behaviors must be segregated. In the frame of political-strategic ties, the potential exist for the behaviors of the tow countries to converge or result in conflict. For example, the united state-china ties regarding to the Taiwan issue, is an irremissibly issue which can be analyzed in a zero sum game frame, but about the economic ties between the tow countries, must of the economic critics in the world, consider the non-zero sum game more preferable and rational. Because both countries can benefit from the relative economics advantages  to  develop economically. In this article, initially, I describe the three United States’ behavioral patterns regarding to china, and analyses and probe this patterns in the frame of the national patterns of experts. Manuscript profile

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