Volume 29 (2023)
Volume 28 (2022)
Volume 27 (2021)
Volume 26 (2020)
Volume 25 (2019)
Volume 24 (2018)
Volume 23 (2017)
Volume 22 (2016)
Volume 21 (2015)
Volume 20 (2014)
Volume 19 (2013)
Volume 18 (2013)
Volume 17 (2012)
Volume 16 (2011)
Volume 15 (2010)
Volume 14 (2009)

Russia and the Arab Spring: Challenges and Outcomes
Russia and the Arab Spring: Challenges and Outcomes
Volume 18, Issue 77 , November 2014, , Pages 25-53

Abstract
  Popular uprisings in the North Africa and the Middle East, known as the Arab Spring, not only rocked the Arab world, but also made other countries fear about their consequences as well. ...  Read More
Institutional Conflict in the Russian Muslim Community
 and the Moscow Kremlin Exploitation
Institutional Conflict in the Russian Muslim Community and the Moscow Kremlin Exploitation
Volume 16, Issue 70 , November 2011, , Pages 25-42

Abstract
  This article studies the situation of Muslims in Russia in two-levels: firstly, the relationship within the Muslim community and secondly, their relationship with the church. Differences ...  Read More
The Influence of
The Influence of "Eastern Partnership Initiative " on EU _ Russia Relationships
Volume 16, Issue 69 , November 2011, , Pages 25-52

Abstract
  Presidents of EU and its six eastern neighboring countries            - including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus ...  Read More
Economic Diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Assessing 25 - year economic relations between Iran and Central Asian Republics
Economic Diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Assessing 25 - year economic relations between Iran and Central Asian Republics

Seyed Jalal Dehghani Firoozabadi; Morteza Damanpak Jami

Volume 22, Issue 96 , February 2017, , Pages 25-66

Abstract
  Due to its cultural and civilizational relations and geopolitical importance in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Central Asia has always been under attention of Iran’s ...  Read More
China and US Antiterrorism Strategy in Central Asia
China and US Antiterrorism Strategy in Central Asia

Ghasem Torabi; Mojgan Rezaei

Volume 23, Issue 100 , March 2018, , Pages 25-52

Abstract
  The present article mainly attempts to deliver a comparison between China and US policies in combating terrorism in Central Asia. Therefore it addresses the following question: Which ...  Read More
Readout of the Security Logics 
 of the South Caucasus Actors (a Turbulent Frontier)
Readout of the Security Logics of the South Caucasus Actors (a Turbulent Frontier)
Volume 17, Issue 75 , November 2012, , Pages 27-49

Abstract
  The three South Caucasus countries of Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia are located in a complex and volatile region at crossroad of Europe, Asia, and Middle East. These countries share ...  Read More
A Study on the Relation between Geopolitical Codes and Genome in Russia and Afghanistan Foreign Policy
A Study on the Relation between Geopolitical Codes and Genome in Russia and Afghanistan Foreign Policy

Seyed Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour; Mohammad Taghi Jahanbakhsh

Volume 23, Issue 99 , January 2018, , Pages 27-49

Abstract
  Geopolitical genome is the genetic map of a country’s politics which determines its behavior in state and foreign policies. States consider the genomes of other actors as their ...  Read More
Russia's Energy Leverage against the European Union under the Shadow of Sanctions
Russia's Energy Leverage against the European Union under the Shadow of Sanctions

Mohsen Habibi; Ahmad Bakhshayeshi Ardestani; Seyedali Tabatabaei Panah

Volume 25, Issue 106 , August 2019, , Pages 27-58

Abstract
  The existence of a significant level of asymmetric interdependence in Russian-European Union energy relations has fueled Western concerns about the conversion of Russian energy resources ...  Read More
The Importance of Energy Factor in 
Russia-EU Relations
The Importance of Energy Factor in Russia-EU Relations
Volume 19, Issue 81 , June 2013, , Pages 29-58

Abstract
  Geographical proximity of Russia and the EU, Moscow’s political, security and economic influence, Russia-EU high trade turnover and sensitive sphere of energy have made inevitable ...  Read More
Caucasus: A New era in the Russia-West Relations
Caucasus: A New era in the Russia-West Relations
Volume 14, Issue 63 , November 2009, , Pages 29-46

Abstract
  Summer 2008 developments in the South Caucasus opened a new chapter in Russia-West relations. Russian invasion of Georgia might have surprised many observers, but for those who had ...  Read More
The Prospect of Economic Relations between
 the Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia and the Potentiality of Gas Transition
The Prospect of Economic Relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia and the Potentiality of Gas Transition
Volume 19, Issue 83 , October 2013, , Pages 29-50

Abstract
  The Islamic Republic of Iran and Armenia enjoy amity and a relationship free from tension due to geopolitical concerns and an overlap of their interests and foreign policy goals. This ...  Read More
ISIL Terrorist Cells’ Network in Central Asia
ISIL Terrorist Cells’ Network in Central Asia

Mohammad Reza Dehshiri; Shahin Jozani Kohan

Volume 21, Issue 92 , October 2016, , Pages 29-63

Abstract
  Central Asia constitutes an area of interest for ISIL in order to create a Transnational Advocacy Network of terrorist cells with the aim to undertake terrorist actions in the battleground ...  Read More
Exploring the Impact of Church and Religious Diplomacy on Russia Foreign Policy,
Case Study: Georgia and Ukraine
Exploring the Impact of Church and Religious Diplomacy on Russia Foreign Policy, Case Study: Georgia and Ukraine

Nozar Shafiee; Ehsan Fallahi

Volume 24, Issue 101 , July 2018, , Pages 29-56

Abstract
  As not confined to lands and borders, religion is a basis for transnational identity. Therefore it is assessed as a source of soft power among neighboring and coreligionist countries. ...  Read More
The Impact of the U.S. Policies on the Convergence and Divergence between the I.R. of Iran and Russian Federation
The Impact of the U.S. Policies on the Convergence and Divergence between the I.R. of Iran and Russian Federation
Volume 19, Issue 82 , September 2013, , Pages 30-51

Abstract
  Islamic Republic of Iran and Russian Federation enjoy unique position in international system and they have potencies hegemony in peripheral environment. Hence, the U.S values political ...  Read More
Domestic Factors influencing Foreign Policy of Tajikistan
Domestic Factors influencing Foreign Policy of Tajikistan
Volume 18, Issue 80 , November 2014, , Pages 31-55

Abstract
  Priorities and foreign policy objectives are directly functions of their internal structures such as geopolitical context, domestic needs, power and national security threats, the attitude ...  Read More
Russian's Security Policy towards New Afghanistan
Russian's Security Policy towards New Afghanistan
Volume 19, Issue 84 , March 2014, , Pages 31-61

Abstract
  The withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan marginalized Afghan issue in the minds of Russian authorities until they found the roots of Russia's separatist movements in Afghanistan ...  Read More
A Discursive Explanation of the Conflict between
 Chechnyan Ethnical Identity and Nationalism
 and Russian Nationalism and Identity
A Discursive Explanation of the Conflict between Chechnyan Ethnical Identity and Nationalism and Russian Nationalism and Identity
Volume 20, Issue 87 , September 2014, , Pages 33-60

Abstract
  Post-Soviet Russia still does not have sufficiently strong government and therefore, ethnical and security threats have put Russian society in danger of disintegration and collapse. ...  Read More
The Challenges of Peace in Afghanistan
The Challenges of Peace in Afghanistan

Hossien Rafi; Mohsen Bakhtiari Jami

Volume 20, Issue 88 , March 2015, , Pages 33-58

Abstract
  The end of mission of international forces in Afghanistan and the transfer of supplying security to the Afghan's military forces has merely resulted in failure of United States of America ...  Read More
Neo-mercantilist approach of Russia and China to the Central Asia energy
Neo-mercantilist approach of Russia and China to the Central Asia energy

Hossein Rafi; Mohsen Bakhtiari Jami

Volume 22, Issue 95 , December 2016, , Pages 33-64

Abstract
  The application of neo-mercantilist policies by the great powers indicates the ineffectiveness of mercantilist exploitation plans of the past century and the emergence of a new era ...  Read More
The Importance of Energy Role on Russian's Foreign Policy
The Importance of Energy Role on Russian's Foreign Policy

Abdolreza Farajirad; Roohollah Salehi Dolatabad

Volume 23, Issue 98 , August 2017, , Pages 33-66

Abstract
    In international relations today, dominance on oil and gas resources and their pipelines draw attention of many policy makers. Therefore those countries that possess energy ...  Read More
Areas of Disagreement between Great Britain and Russia
Areas of Disagreement between Great Britain and Russia

Alireza Samoudi Pilehrood

Volume 24, Issue 103 , December 2018, , Pages 33-64

Abstract
  Since the end of cold war neither the Great Britain nor Russia has ever prioritized one another; and therefore their mutual relationship has been mainly confined to the framework of ...  Read More
Eurasian Economic Union from the Russian Perspective
Eurasian Economic Union from the Russian Perspective

Ghaffar Zarei; Esmaeil Abbasi

Volume 24, Issue 104 , February 2019, , Pages 33-60

Abstract
  The establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union strengthened Russia's position in bilateral relations towards other members of the union, although the multilateral relations between ...  Read More
The Impact of Transregional Military Activities in Caspian Region on National Security of Islamic Republic of Iran
The Impact of Transregional Military Activities in Caspian Region on National Security of Islamic Republic of Iran

Asghar Jafari Valadani; Seyed Mohammad Hossein Hosseini

Volume 23, Issue 97 , April 2017, , Pages 34-69

Abstract
  The Caspian Sea Region cannot be considered as a separate structure whose actors are not able to certainly resolve its internal disputes. That is because irrespective of its regional ...  Read More
Ukraine: Regional Backgrounds an  Trans-Regional Consequences
Ukraine: Regional Backgrounds an Trans-Regional Consequences
Volume 20, Issue 85 , May 2014, , Pages 35-64

Abstract
  The crisis of Ukraine although derived from some regional roots, has involved the trans-regional powers in the events of Russian borders. As a regional power, Russia wants to protect ...  Read More