In popular discussion much has been made recently of the susceptibility of government policies to lobbying by foreigners. The general presumption has also been that such interactions have a deleterious effect on the home economy. However, it can be argued that, in a trade policy context, bending policy in a direction that would suit foreigners may not in fact be harmful: If the policy outcome a...

The notion of peace, regardless of theorizations accepted in th field and since the                  Enlightenment Period, and the era known as Modernism, has, constantly, been one of the challenges of mankind, and also scientists in the field of political sciences and international relations.  Contrary to the presentation of the idea of peace and respect to the human rights in some of the fore...

Foreign and defense policy is typically affected by complex issues that can benefit from advanced social science methodologies. In this paper we identify a salient set of issues and the contribution—current and potential—that the main analytical approaches and methods from computational social science might bring to bear on such issues. The issues consist of terrorism, WMD proliferation, state ...

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D “soft power” matter in international relations? Specifically, when the United States seeks cooperation from countries around the world, do the views of their publics about US foreign policy affect the actual foreign policy behavior of those countries? we examine this question using multinational surveys covering fifty-eight countries, combined with information about their foreign policy decis...

this article strive to examine and explaine national sources of the foreign policy of the islamic republic of iran. cultural, historical, geographic, ideological, social, and economic variables, as societal sources, will lead to the continuation of some behaviours in iran’s foreign policy. the author argues that to better understand iran’s foreign policy, one must pay attention to the above var...

this research surveys the relationship between elements of identity and foreign policy indicators in the islamic republic of iran (i.r.i.). for this purpose, at first it explains constructivism theory because of the essence of i.r.i constitution and islamic-iranian norms and values in foreign policy. according to this approach, these values and norms shape the i.r.i. identity, and identity dete...