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