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.

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