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