This article deals with Tehran-Moscow relations in two past decades, investigating Iran and Russia attitudes towards one another, their cooperation in ...
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This article deals with Tehran-Moscow relations in two past decades, investigating Iran and Russia attitudes towards one another, their cooperation in economic, military, regional, international fields and, finally putin's visit to Tehran as the turning point of these interactions. It is shown that Iran and Russia have found a proper ground for their cooperation in the post-neighborhood period, because of mutual understanding regarding new geopolitical conditions, a sense of domestic needs and pressures from international system. But these relations have not reached a satisfactory level due to historical schemas and beaurocratic inefficiencies.
A study of the Central Asian republics’ actions and behavior after their independence shows that these countries have had different and sometime ...
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A study of the Central Asian republics’ actions and behavior after their independence shows that these countries have had different and sometime opposite orientation and strategy in foreign policy. Since 1991 the newly independent republics have been seeking to develop regional cooperation and unification. This has been central in the republics foreign policy, because of their weakness in political, economic and security aspects. Yet, due to sudden changes in their orientation they have not been able to move towards coalition and unification.
This paper aims to answer this question: “What is the regional governments’ view about cooperation and unification between the republics?” The paper discuses that despite internal and external threats, since most of the threats come from inside and against the republics’ governments, any cooperation and unification process in the region are evaluated by the leaders based on how they can safeguard their governments through such coalition. In fact, regime security is an essential issue in the republics domestic and foreign policies.
Annexation of part of Iranian territory by Russia in 19th century and occupation and intervention of great powers in Iran's internal affairs brought about a kind of negative attitude ...
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Annexation of part of Iranian territory by Russia in 19th century and occupation and intervention of great powers in Iran's internal affairs brought about a kind of negative attitude of Iranians toward great powers, including Russia. But the negative mentality of Iranians toward Russia is not just of historical realities, but the Iranian political culture and special cultural-based in narration of history exaggerated this negative mentality. Iranian political culture interprets political events by a few factors. Iranian historians ignore the positive events between Iran and Russia, while there are a lot such events. It is an eternal fact that Russia is Iran's permanent neighbor and this requires a correction in the mentality of both side in general terms. This article tries by content analysis of Iranian school book and survey analysis; explore the cultural elements of Iranian approach toward foreign policy and Russia.
From the beginning of his presidency, Vladimir Putin announced that reaching to an appropriate position in global equations and regaining position of ...
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From the beginning of his presidency, Vladimir Putin announced that reaching to an appropriate position in global equations and regaining position of a “Great Power” of Russia is the main goal of his government. Considering a realistic approach, he could approximately keep the ascending movement of dignifying of his country in the global hierarchy. Emphasizes of Russia in this period was on the necessity of redistribution of power and its attempts for a more appropriate position in the world order structure, which leads to worries of U.S. form possibility of changes in this structure and loosing its superior position in it. Theses developments lead to preventive reactions from U.S, which results in new period of tensions between U.S. and Russia. This paper tries to deal with the quality of these tensions and their underling reasons.
Volume 14, Issue 61 , November 2009, Pages 125-154
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Energy resources in the world are very important for all the countries and governments around the world, which makes a strong motivation for government to increase their activities ...
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Energy resources in the world are very important for all the countries and governments around the world, which makes a strong motivation for government to increase their activities for developing their energy reserves. Either producer countries or consumers pay attention to this important matter. Economic growth and development of have been always one of the mottos of governments and has played a prominent role in different stage of development.
Caspian oil and gas is an important regional and international issue in recent decades so we cannot ignore the presence of oil companies and their effect in this region. Geopolitical situation of Iran and its huge energy resources provides opportunities to improve its national interest. Accordingly the question is weather Caspian oil and gas resources can affect Iranian national interest?
In this paper author has attempt to review the prospect of development of oil and gas in Caspian Sea from the Iranian government viewpoint and its effects on Iran's national interest
Volume 14, Issue 61 , November 2009, Pages 155-186
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With the collapse of the former Soviet Union and dissolution of Warsaw pact, the idea of NATO expansion to the East became an important international issue and posed a major concern ...
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With the collapse of the former Soviet Union and dissolution of Warsaw pact, the idea of NATO expansion to the East became an important international issue and posed a major concern for some countries such as Iran, Russia and even China. On the threshold of 21 century, NATO with redefinition, restructuring and determining new international role and it's new strategies and missions related to the international system, found out it's interest in expansion towards East. Eastern Europe and South Caucuses countries welcomed the NATO's expansion in order to get their security and stabilization guaranteed and their membership to NATO became the main priority. Among the South Caucuses countries, Georgia is more interested toward NATO comparing to other countries in the region and in this connection it has taken more practical steps. As a matter of fact, Georgia expected to be invited in NATO summit in Bucharest in April 2008 to be granted full membership, but it didn’t take place. The present article studies and considers Georgia's accession to NATO and it's consequences for other regional actors such as Iran and Russia.
Volume 14, Issue 61 , November 2009, Pages 187-205
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Narcotics and its international smuggling is a problem for the world. This phenomenon has slowed down, and in cases has stopped the pace of development. The end of the cold war ...
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Narcotics and its international smuggling is a problem for the world. This phenomenon has slowed down, and in cases has stopped the pace of development. The end of the cold war and collapse of the Soviets Union is one of the most important events at the end of 20th century, which has kept a strong impact on all aspects of the region. The drug trafficking could pose some consequences in the economies of the regional governments such as the instability in the capital market, the shadow economy, weakening the government and to boost terrorism financing. This paper aims at describing the role of drug trafficking in economy of Central Asia and steps taken to fight against.
