The Realism of Quantum Realities

Quantum Physics: A Case for Anti-Realism?

Invariance, Symmetries and Structural Realism

The paper discusses the invariance view of reality: a view inspired by the relativity and quantum theory. It is an attempt to show that both versions of Structural Realism (epistemological and ontological) are already embedded in the invariance view but in each case the invariance view introduces important modifications. From the invariance view we naturally arrive at a consideration of symmetr...

Analyzing East/West Power Politics in Comparative Cultural Studies

In his article, "Analyzing East/West Power Politics in Comparative Cultural Studies," William H. Thornton acknowledges culture as a central force on the geopolitical map and undertakes at once to preserve the strategic potency of political realism and to move beyond the "billiard ball" externality of both neoand traditional realisms. Although Huntington and Fukuyama are taken seriously on the q...

Reassessing Britain’s Withdrawal from the Persian Gulf in 1971 and its Military Return in 2014

The primary concern of this research is to reassess the British foreign policy, focusing on its military withdrawal in 1971 from the Persian Gulf and its return in 2014. The Persian Gulf, as a region of geo-strategic importance, has always been at the center of attention for the UK and other great world powers. This study will therefore attempt to answer the following question: what are the rea...

Roots and Components of Secularism and Tendency toward Religion in International Relations

This article studies the relation between religion as an independent variable and international relations as dependent variable in both theoretic and practical arenas. In this framework, new wave of tendency toward religion plays the role of dependent variable in international relations. Waves of tendency toward religion from practical viewpoint consider the current state in international relat...