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