International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

The International Quarterly of Foreign Relations is recognized as one of the most prestigious scholarly journals in the fields of international relations and foreign policy in Iran. Since its establishment in 2009, the journal has served as an important academic platform for the dissemination of high-quality research and scholarly debates in these disciplines. The journal is indexed in leading academic databases, including the Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), the Ministry of Science's evaluation system, and other reputable indexing services, where it has consistently achieved the highest levels of academic quality and publishing standards. The International Quarterly of Foreign Relations is currently ranked in the Q1 category. Owing to its rigorous editorial policies, high academic standards, and commitment to scholarly excellence, the journal has consistently remained the preferred venue for researchers, scholars, and experts in the fields of international relations and foreign policy.

The International Quarterly of Foreign Relations is an open access journal. All articles are freely and immediately accessible online upon publication, without subscription, registration, or embargo. Published articles are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, allowing readers to access, share, and reuse the published content in accordance with the terms of the license. For further details, please see the journal’s Open Access Policy.

The International Quarterly of Foreign Relations does not charge authors any submission fees, article processing charges (APCs), publication fees, page charges, or other fees for manuscript submission, peer review, or publication.


 

Current Issue: Volume 18, Issue 1 - Serial Number 69, Spring 2026 

Keywords Cloud

  • Iran
  • China
  • Foreign Policy
  • Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Middle East
  • Geopolitics
  • United States
  • Russia
  • US
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • -
  • Afghanistan
  • United States of America
  • National Security
  • strategy
  • JCPOA
  • international relations
  • European Union
  • West Asia
  • Soft power
  • National Interests
  • Development
  • Iraq
  • economic diplomacy
  • Political Economy
  • America
  • regionalism
  • international order
  • Israel
  • Balance of Power
  • cooperation
  • Trump
  • India
  • Energy
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Turkey
  • EU
  • Power
  • energy Security
  • World order
  • Institutionalism
  • USA
  • Qatar
  • Persian Gulf
  • Taliban
  • Diplomacy
  • UAE
  • balance of threat
  • Threat Balance
  • emergence
  • Obama
  • Security Council
  • Deterrence
  • Iran
  • Vision 2030
  • Geoeconomics
  • France
  • cultural diplomacy
  • Iranian foreign policy
  • Belt and Road Initiative
  • U.S. Foreign Policy
  • Offshore Balancing
  • Regional Order
  • International Regimes
  • Iran\'s Foreign Policy
  • Donald Trump
  • terrorism
  • US foreign policy
  • Balancing
  • Axis of Resistance
  • international politics
  • HydroPolitics
  • Challenges
  • Ukraine
  • International System
  • \"axis of resistance\"
  • Sanction
  • Crisis
  • Caspian Sea
  • Muslim brotherhood
  • Efficiency
  • \"China\"
  • South Caucasus
  • Strategic Cooperation
  • Decision Making
  • Smart power
  • Legal regime
  • Neoclassical realism
  • network regionalism
  • Multilateralism
  • Great Powers
  • Neighborhood Policy
  • Foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Africa
  • media diplomacy
  • the United States
  • \"Iran\"
  • Britain
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Sanctions
  • Developmental State
  • Zionist regime
  • strategic culture
  • Power Transition
  • Parliamentary Diplomacy
  • Unilateralism
  • Eurasia
  • Justice and Development Party
  • Revisionism
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • identity
  • Syria
  • Brexit
  • constructivism
  • New world order
  • Political elites
  • \"Central Asia\"
  • Grounded theory
  • Regional Security Complex
  • Germany
  • Indo-pacific
  • Competition
  • \"Islamic Republic of Iran\"
  • Geo-economics
  • Realism
  • complexity
  • Regional security
  • Hegemony
  • Sovereignty
  • the JCPOA Treaty
  • Digital Technology
  • Trust
  • yellow vests
  • Corona Crisis
  • Chabahar Port
  • \"Two-dimensional interdependence\"
  • Soft and Hard Power
  • Individuals
  • European Parliament
  • Development Patterns
  • post-Westphalia system
  • Nuclear negotiations
  • China’s Rise
  • Digital diplomacy
  • markets and institutions
  • \"great powers \"
  • Perception
  • \"global political balance\"
  • power resources
  • US National Security Strategy Documents
  • East China Sea
  • globalization
  • Doxa
  • Power transition situation
  • Institutional Pathologies
  • Networked control system
  • Integrated Deterrence Doctrine
  • Balanced Action
  • Latin America
  • polarity\"
  • Political Economy of Foreign Policy
  • Military-Political World
  • strategic perception
  • Geopolitics of Technology
  • Perception Gap
  • Regional power
  • transit
  • \"Russia\"
  • Virtual Embassy
  • peripheral unity
  • threat
  • security dilemma
  • \"market orientation\"
  • \"Hezbollah\"
  • Neo-realism
  • Geoeconomy
  • West Strategy
  • small states
  • \"Asianization\"
  • \"
  • De_securization
  • Post- Unilateralism
  • mentality
  • Critical Points
  • Power\"
  • Nested regional network
  • nuclear issue
  • International Systems
  • \"The Middle East\"
  • operational environment
  • Dignity and Prestige
  • Exports
  • Keywords:State–Market Interaction
  • Futurology
  • connectivity initiatives
  • Comparative Advantage
  • Leftwich
  • Israeli regime
  • anti-access and regional deterrence