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