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
  • strategy
  • National Security
  • -
  • Security
  • United States of America
  • West Asia
  • Afghanistan
  • Political Economy
  • JCPOA
  • European Union
  • Israel
  • international relations
  • Iraq
  • Development
  • America
  • economic diplomacy
  • cooperation
  • National Interests
  • Balance of Power
  • regionalism
  • Soft power
  • Trump
  • Taliban
  • Persian Gulf
  • Deterrence
  • international order
  • Iranian foreign policy
  • Qatar
  • energy Security
  • World order
  • USA
  • UAE
  • Turkey
  • Power
  • Energy
  • EU
  • Diplomacy
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Institutionalism
  • India
  • Offshore Balancing
  • Vision 2030
  • Regional Order
  • Threat Balance
  • U.S. Foreign Policy
  • balance of threat
  • emergence
  • Security Council
  • Sanctions
  • cultural diplomacy
  • International Regimes
  • Axis of Resistance
  • terrorism
  • Caspian Sea
  • Balancing
  • France
  • Geoeconomics
  • Iran
  • US foreign policy
  • Belt and Road Initiative
  • Iran\'s Foreign Policy
  • Obama
  • Donald Trump
  • Regional security
  • HydroPolitics
  • Ukraine
  • Efficiency
  • Sanction
  • Geo-economics
  • Political elites
  • BRICS
  • 12-day war
  • Multilateralism
  • Eurasia
  • Neighborhood Policy
  • Ukraine war
  • Muslim brotherhood
  • the United States
  • Cyber Warfare
  • \"Iran\"
  • \"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 System
  • Decision Making
  • International Humanitarian Law
  • South Caucasus
  • Great Powers
  • Germany
  • Legal regime
  • Neoclassical realism
  • Parliamentary Diplomacy
  • \"China\"
  • Brexit
  • Power Transition
  • Britain
  • strategic culture
  • Sovereignty
  • Zionist regime
  • Unilateralism
  • Revisionism
  • \"axis of resistance\"
  • Indo-pacific
  • Grounded theory
  • identity
  • Justice and Development Party
  • Developmental State
  • constructivism
  • 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
  • Twelve-Day War
  • Shargh
  • yellow vests
  • Trust
  • Regional Integration
  • Sea level rise
  • Corona Crisis
  • \"Indo-Pacific\"
  • Development Patterns
  • Persian Gulf region
  • 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
  • joining
  • East China Sea
  • Nuclear negotiations
  • \"Two-dimensional interdependence\"
  • Foreign Aid
  • The Iran-China 25-Year Strategic Cooperation Agreement
  • Doxa
  • Bureaucratic Politics
  • Integrated Deterrence Doctrine
  • Balanced Action
  • Nuclear Program
  • Washington Consensus
  • Latin America
  • Attitudes of the 14th presidential candidates
  • Leftwich
  • Regional power
  • Iranshahri
  • Levant cluster
  • 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