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