Aims and Scope

The Iranian Journal of Asian Studies is published in cooperation and based on a joint memorandum with the Iranian Association of Regional Studies in line with the policies of both scientific institutions in the development and promotion of regional studies with an emphasis on the strategic super-region of Asia. The next goal of the journal is to create a discourse with the aim of a deeper and more accurate understanding of this region to guide policymaking processes in the field of Iran's foreign policy and international relations. Considering the increasing importance of recognizing this strategic super-region in scientific and policy-making forums at the world level, as well as its placement in the center of political and economic exchanges of the international system, as well as the inevitable connection between Iran's civilizational sphere and its foreign policy with Asia, scientific, targeted and specialized recognition of this The field of geopolitics and geoeconomics is very important.

Therefore, this journal invites all experts, elites and researchers in the fields of international relations, regional studies, political science, geopolitics and other related fields to Submit their original and authentic research in the following subject areas through this system to the journal office and after expert review and evaluation and two-blinded refereeing, it will be published.

 

Subject area:

 

Theoretical developments of International Relations and Political Science in Asia:

capacities, challenges and possibilities of native or non-western theorizing in International Relations;

Knowing thinkers, schools and political ideas and International Relations in the Asia;

The influence of Asian regional developments on the trend of Regional theories and regionalism.

 

International Politics:

Examining the position of the State and government in international politics in Asia;

The role of international actors in determining the political trends of the Asia and the world;

Analyzing bilateral and multilateral relations within the region with other regions of the world;

Examining the goals and position of regional and extra-regional powers in Asia;

Analyzing regional and global security developments with an Asian focus;

Examining and understanding the foreign policy of countries in Asia and the factors affecting it.

 

Law and International Organizations:

Investigating legal challenges affecting regional international politics;

Recognizing and introducing the political-legal dimensions of Asian regional organizations and their role in regional and global equations.

 

Iran's foreign policy in the Asia:

Analyzing Iran's relations with countries and regional actors in Asia;

Criticism of Iran's foreign policy in the field of Asia and Asianism;

Examining the directions of Iran's foreign policy towards the countries of the region.

 

International Political Economy

Analyzing existing and emerging political economy trends in Asia;

Examining the commercial and financial aspects of the region on the process of international politics in Asia;

Knowing the emerging economic actors of the region and their place in the global power hierarchy.

 

Political Sociology:

Examining the role and relations between the government and society in the countries of the region;

Analyzing the role of non-governmental actors such as parties and groups on the policymaking process of regional countries;

Understanding the position of Islam in the region from the point of view of influencing the process of political developments within countries and their international relations.