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 

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  • Iran
  • China
  • Foreign Policy
  • Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Middle East
  • Geopolitics
  • United States
  • US
  • Russia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • National Security
  • strategy
  • United States of America
  • -
  • Afghanistan
  • West Asia
  • international relations
  • JCPOA
  • Israel
  • Political Economy
  • European Union
  • international order
  • cooperation
  • Iraq
  • economic diplomacy
  • National Interests
  • Development
  • Taliban
  • regionalism
  • America
  • Trump
  • Deterrence
  • Soft power
  • Balance of Power
  • Persian Gulf
  • EU
  • Institutionalism
  • energy Security
  • World order
  • Power
  • Qatar
  • Energy
  • USA
  • Diplomacy
  • UAE
  • Iranian foreign policy
  • Turkey
  • India
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Regional Order
  • Threat Balance
  • Balancing
  • balance of threat
  • emergence
  • Axis of Resistance
  • Security Council
  • Sanctions
  • France
  • terrorism
  • International Regimes
  • U.S. Foreign Policy
  • Geoeconomics
  • cultural diplomacy
  • Iran
  • Caspian Sea
  • Belt and Road Initiative
  • Offshore Balancing
  • US foreign policy
  • Iran\'s Foreign Policy
  • Obama
  • Vision 2030
  • Donald Trump
  • Indo-pacific
  • HydroPolitics
  • Ukraine
  • Grounded theory
  • Efficiency
  • International System
  • \"Islamic Republic of Iran\"
  • New world order
  • Hegemony
  • 12-day war
  • Africa
  • \"Iran\"
  • Justice and Development Party
  • Smart power
  • Multilateralism
  • Ukraine war
  • network regionalism
  • Foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • media diplomacy
  • the United States
  • Neighborhood Policy
  • Muslim brotherhood
  • Crisis
  • BRICS
  • \"Central Asia\"
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Syria
  • Political elites
  • Regional Security Complex
  • Competition
  • Challenges
  • international politics
  • Geo-economics
  • complexity
  • Strategic Cooperation
  • Realism
  • constructivism
  • Germany
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • Brexit
  • Decision Making
  • South Caucasus
  • Sanction
  • Developmental State
  • \"China\"
  • Legal regime
  • Great Powers
  • Neoclassical realism
  • Power Transition
  • Britain
  • Regional security
  • strategic culture
  • Parliamentary Diplomacy
  • \"axis of resistance\"
  • Eurasia
  • Unilateralism
  • Sovereignty
  • Revisionism
  • identity
  • Zionist regime
  • ,\'
  • West Asian region
  • Formation
  • Order control
  • Information Operations
  • Instrumental Approach
  • Cybernetics
  • geopolitics of ports
  • Singapore
  • power cycle
  • International Law
  • US-Europe relations
  • Energy transfer
  • \" Ansarullah\"
  • Balance
  • South Africa
  • European Council
  • Twelve-Day War
  • Shargh
  • Internationalism
  • Regional Integration
  • Sea level rise
  • yellow vests
  • Role Balancing Theory
  • sociological requirements of science production
  • \"Indo-Pacific\"
  • Corona Crisis
  • political system
  • Decision Theory
  • Development Patterns
  • Trust
  • Neo-Mercantilism
  • social movement
  • post-Westphalia system
  • International Organizations
  • Industrialization
  • power resources
  • Persian Gulf region
  • Levant cluster
  • Iran Nuclear Program
  • joining
  • The Iran-China 25-Year Strategic Cooperation Agreement
  • Foreign Aid
  • East China Sea
  • Chabahar Port
  • Competitors\' Reaction
  • Bureaucratic Politics
  • Doxa
  • Nuclear Program
  • Washington Consensus
  • Integrated Deterrence Doctrine
  • Nuclear negotiations
  • \"Two-dimensional interdependence\"
  • Innovation Ecosystems
  • Power\"
  • Geostrategy
  • Attitudes of the 14th presidential candidates
  • Advocacy Coalition Framework
  • International political psychology
  • geopolitics of connection
  • Multipolar System
  • Non-State Arm Actors
  • Fareed Zakaria
  • Non-Proliferation
  • Indo- Pacific
  • Islamic fundamentalism
  • Boston