islamic republic of iran enjoys close and amicable relations with small and christian republic of armenia. on the contrary, the ties between iran and seemingly significant shia republic of azerbaijan are frayed. while tehran’s close relationship with yerevan is widely attributed to geographical and economic isolation of armenia, iran-azerbaijan unfriendly relations have stemmed from suspicion a...

We report quantitative relations between corruption level and economic factors, such as country wealth and foreign investment per capita, which are characterized by a power law spanning multiple scales of wealth and investment per capita. These relations hold for diverse countries, and also remain stable over different time periods. We also observe a negative correlation between level of corrup...

Turkey’s relations with Greece form an important part of Turkey’s broader agenda. The conflict between the two countries has been a persistent threat to security in the Eastern Mediterranean since the mid-1950s. During the Cold War, the differences between the two countries threatened to break out into open conflict on several occasions.1 However, these differences have taken on added importanc...

With the increasing economic importance of the Asia-Pacific Region, the economic interdependence among countries in the region has gradually enhanced. With the continuous opening up of the two countries, Sino-Vietnamese economic relations have also been deepened. However, the export trade between Vietnam and China has been competitive. China and Vietnam seek to dominate or join an agreement tha...

since the evidence for direct maritime trade between the sassanid empire and china is exiguous, it has often been asserted that there was no direct sea commerce between these two countries. scholars claim that there is nothing to prove direct chinese sailings to iran before islam and say that direct sea commerce between them was occurred during early islamic period. based on the historical, arc...