IT as Russian “soft Power” in the Middle East

The Impact of 2012 Public-Islamic Uprisings on Sources of Soft Power of Islamic Republic of Iran and the US in Middle-east

The expansion of Islamic awaking waves in the middle-east has managed to substantially influence the sources of soft power of global powers and the US and great regional powers such as Iran. This study tries to analyze the impacts of recent public-religiousuprisings on the change of soft power sources of Iran and the US. The findings of this study suggest that regarding the nature and purposes ...

analysis of power in the network society

اندیشمندان و صاحب نظران علوم اجتماعی بر این باورند که مرحله تازه ای در تاریخ جوامع بشری اغاز شده است. ویژگیهای این جامعه نو را می توان پدیده هایی از جمله اقتصاد اطلاعاتی جهانی ، هندسه متغیر شبکه ای، فرهنگ مجاز واقعی ، توسعه حیرت انگیز فناوری های دیجیتال، خدمات پیوسته و نیز فشردگی زمان و مکان برشمرد. از سوی دیگر قدرت به عنوان موضوع اصلی علم سیاست جایگاه مهمی در روابط انسانی دارد، قدرت و بازتولید...

"middle East Granuloma": Is It Granuloma Venereum?

A Feasibility Study of the Greater Middle East Project and the Islamic Awakening in the Middle East

The Greater Middle East Project was put forth by Colin Powel, the Minister of Defense at George Bush Administration on 12 September, 2002. The objectives which have been posed for this plan include: Economic reform, promotion of human rights, establishment of democracy and freedom of election in the Middle East which could be implemented by different instruments and tactics. Of course, it is ne...

The Regional Context of Human Rights in the Middle East

Human rights situation in the Middle East (ME) is a central concern in contemporary political as well as academic discourses. There is a considerable amount of literature on the subject, both academic and journalistic, in the Western world. A large part of that literature blames the ME in different ways for its ‘terrible’ conception and treatment of human rights norms. They typically, do not he...