having in mind that ir theories include fpa aspect, the main purpose of this paper is to examine the contribution of fpa in these theories. the necessity of this study become clearer when one acknowledges that fp makers should pay attention accurately to relationship between theory and practice in order to make successful rational decision in new complicated world. this enables them not only to...

one of the significant issues in ir is that of inter – state conflict and cooperation. various schools such as realism and liberalism have endeavored to theoretically explain it. in so doing, this article seeks to outline the views offered by a constructivist thinker, alexander wendt. he treats ir as a socially constructed discipline. this article argues that although wendt has managed to advan...

The study of culture in international relations theories takes a wide range of complex issues, which without enough perception about these issues, certainly our understanding about the role of culture in international relations theories will be incomplete. Since in real world the study of international affairs is best understood as traditional competition between traditional mainstream theories...

iran has the longest political relations with russia among other great powers. this relation is resulted from neighborhood, trade, and cultural and racial factors between iran's people with some of the russia’s independent republics. purchasing of weapons by iran and participations of the soviet :union: in economic projects of iran helped the strengthening of the relations between the two ...

Abstract Does the ‘Zeitenwende’ herald beginning of a new and as yet undefined open society realism? The present essay argues this question requires critical discussion nature value realist political theory, particularly at time where international is accelerating to somewhere which itself unclear. Adding revisionist research on realism in International Relations (IR) theory I sketch how vision...

Using two new data sources to describe trends in the international relations (IR) discipline since 1980—a database of every article published in the 12 leading journals in the field and three surveys of IR faculty at US colleges and universities—we explore the extent of theoretical, methodological, and epistemological diversity in the American study of IR and the relationship between IR scholar...

This article examines international relations rhetoric rather than foreign policy practice. Between the time of his acceptance Republican presidential nomination in August 2000 and reelection November 2004, George W. Bush changed rhetorical focus from "realist" to "liberal internationalist" an effort sell agenda. shift is identified through analysis nine speeches one excerpt a book wrote prior ...

the article address place of human rights in international relations theories. human rights are a set of principled ideas about the treatment to which all individuals are entitled by virtue of being human. one of the most important impacts of globalization is on concept and issue human rights. this view is framework in foreign policy and relation between countries. this process has influenced o...