INTRODUCTION A recent development in the study of foreign policy is the growing attention being given to bureaucratic politics explanations of national foreign policy behavior.' In fact, it would be no exaggeration to characterize the bureaucratic politics approach or bureaucratic paradigm as a major research thrust in contemporary international relations theory. Foreign policy behavior, the bu...

despite some stable factors in iran’s foreign policy , it has changed dramatically toward israel after the islamic revolution in iran. it was the case while these two countries had intensive strategic military and even economic relations before the islamic revolution. the main question this article seeks to answer is that among ir theory which of them can better explain this change in iran’s fo...

For the most part foreign policy in Southeast Asia has been regarded and analyzed as an isolated policy area, separated from the structures and dynamics of the respective political systems. This seemed to be an appropriate approach as long as foreign policy was the domain of small political élites and autocratic regimes. Assuming that the processes of (re-)democratization in the Philippines, Th...

Global health financing has increased dramatically in recent years, indicative of a rise in health as a foreign policy issue. Several governments have issued specific foreign policy statements on global health and a new term, global health diplomacy, has been coined to describe the processes by which state and non-state actors engage to position health issues more prominently in foreign policy ...

Governments may also use religious soft power in pursuit of national interests and objectives. This article focuses on the role of religious soft power in the foreign policy of three states – the United States of America, India and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The main concern is to assess religious actors’ contribution to the foreign policy environment and agenda in each country. The idea of ...

one of the topics after two decades of applying import substitution policy in iran manufacturing sector is the importance of industrial export expansion and foreign relations. the main impetus to this policy transfer is the market expansion and potential gains of exploiting the economies of scale and technical upgrades. based on this argument this research estimates the efficient scale and gain...

a significant transformation in turkey's foreign policy orientation occurred after the justice and development party (adaletvekalkınmapartisior akp in turkish) gained power in 2002. this change was the cause of dissatisfaction of turkish secular military leaders, kemalists and pro-westerners who are concerned that similar to the former islamist parties, the akp might seek to strengthen isl...

Private foreign capital, whose presence in Indian industry was long regarded with concern and suspicion, is now touted as a panacea for India’s economic problems. This paper compares the relative performance of domestic and foreign-controlled firms in India, and evaluates the contribution of foreign investment over the last five decades. We assess the impact of government policy towards foreign...