Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies 2nd issue published

The second issue of English-language Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies, the scientific-research quarterly of Iranian World Studies Association and the Faculty of World Studies, is published electronically.

This journal focuses on country, regional, and international studies in social and political areas. The areas of focus in the Journal of World Sociopolitical Studies are:

  • Theories of regional, international, and bilateral relations;
  • Interdisciplinary study of the world’s countries in social, political, economic, and cultural areas;
  • International organizations and their role in changing the sociopolitical status of the world’s countries;
  • Studying the social, technological, security, economic, and political dimensions of bilateral and multilateral relations of the world’s countries with Iran;
  • Studying the impacts of global and domestic phenomena, such as war, terrorism, peace, security, human rights, justice, segregation, and immigration.

The current issue includes the following articles:

  1. The United States National Security Strategy under Bush and Obama: Continuity and Change (Mohammad Jamshidi and Farnaz Noori);
  2. A Theoretical Study of Solidarity in American Society: The Case of the “Ground Zero Mosque” Controversy (Fatemeh Mohammadi and Hamed Mousavi);
  3. A Review of the Performance of the International Atomic Energy Agency Regarding Pakistan’s Nuclear Activities (Hossein Moein Abadi Bidgoli and Mohammad Davand);
  4. Social Factors in Cartoon Analysis through French Specialists (Jean-Claude Gardes and Nasrin Fakhri Dolatabadi);
  5. Analyzing the Consequences of the UAE Creating Artificial Islands in The Persian Gulf (Considering the Copenhagen School) (Ahmad Jalinoosi and Saeedeh Moradifar);
  6. Sociological Critique of Baha Taher’s East of the Palms (Ezzat Molla Ebrahimi and Mohammad Safaei).

The complete articles of the Journal are available at http://wsps.ut.ac.ir.