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