27 Apr 2020 01:26
World Order in Post-Coronavirus Era
"Despite the suffering it has brought to humanity, world order is not so terrible that a new building could be built on its ruins, writes Mehdi Sanaei, senior lecturer of the Tehran University’s Department of International Relations, Head of the Centre for Iranian and Eurasian Studies ...
1 Mar 2020 15:53
A Win-Win Situation: EAEU Signs Free Trade Deals with Serbia and Iran
Serbia’s decision to conclude a free trade zone agreement with the Eurasian Economic Union was bad news for the European Commission, which had warned Serbia over making that decision several times. There are several reasons for Europe’s grudge. And given that Serbia accounts for less than ...
24 Feb 2020 10:42
Any possible policy change in British-Russian relations?
On Dec. 12 Britons elected a new parliament with the Conservative Party securing the majority in a landslide election victory and Boris Johnson re-elected as Prime Minister. Clearly, any new government faces two options regarding its domestic and foreign policies: preserving them or changing them. This ...
21 Jul 2019 12:02
Political and economic significance of Iran’s cooperation with EEU
The nuclear deal signed between Iran and the “5+1 Group” entered into force after a few months of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) agreement. This opened a wide range of opportunities for economic cooperation with Iran and the West.
7 Mar 2019 19:04
For Iran, the Latest Sochi Summit Was Not Just About Syria
On Feb. 14, the presidents of Russia, Iran and Turkey held a summit in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi to discuss the latest developments in Syria and coordinate their activities in the war-torn country. The summit — the fourth of its kind within the framework of the Astana Peace ...
21 Feb 2019 21:07
Iran and the Eurasian Transport Initiatives: Short-term Challenges, Long-term Opportunities
Introduction As a country with rich energy resources, Iran has, in its contemporary history, always been dependent on oil and gas revenues for economic growth and development. Although the availability of energy resources is basically considered a blessing for any country, which can provide the ...
1 Feb 2019 19:46
Russia's New Efforts to Gain Influence in Africa
Since a few years ago, Russia has been launching a great effort to bolster its standing in Africa and it seems that Moscow has had some achievements in this regard, especially in the northern and central parts of that continent and the Horn of Africa. The Russian Federation is apparently trying to ...
23 Jan 2019 08:56
Iran, Russia Remain Skeptical About US Exit from Syria, Afghanistan
In the political sphere, Iran and Russia have interpreted the announced US withdrawal from Syria — be it tactical or strategic — as an American failure and an indication that their own policies have succeeded. In Iran, the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps,...
19 Dec 2018 11:37
Mehdi Sanaei & Jahangir Karami
Iran and Economic Cooperation: From Atlantic to Pacific
Introduction Since 1960s, regionalism has gradually turned to a critical and prevailing approach in the international studies and since then, regional integration institutions have been expanded and their effectiveness has helped their ongoing expansion and enlargement. Since 1990s, globalization,...
8 Nov 2018 11:51
Between Iran and Saudi Arabia; Russia’s Tough Path for Neutrality
In October 2015, Russia’s direct military intervention in the Syrian crisis faced the balance of power in the Middle East with fundamental changes. While the Government of Assad was in a fragile condition due to facing multilateral pressures from diverse forces, from Daesh to Saudi-Turkish-Qatar-...
27 Oct 2018 21:48
Russia and Iran-Israel Disputes in Syria
During the last few months, there have been various reports about the role played by Russia in Syria, especially in relation to disputes between Iran and the Zionist regime. These reports gave birth to analyses, which were at times contradictory. The question is “what factors and variables affect ...
7 Oct 2018 09:44
China’s Active Diplomacy in the Persian Gulf and its Effect on Iran's National Interests
Before Xi Jinping became president of China in 2012, the country’s strategy toward the Persian Gulf region was generally a strategy based on China’s considerable need to energy resources, given the fact that China was considered a developing country. Therefore, there was a generally one-...
13 Sep 2018 21:05
Tehran Summit and the Future of the Iranian-Turkish-Russian Triangle
On September 7, Tehran, hosted the latest round of talks between the Iranian, Russian and Turkish presidents within the framework of the “Astana Peace Process” regarding Syria. As it was the case in their previous meetings, all of the three heads of states reaffirmed their joint commitment ...
10 Aug 2018 21:05
Ethnic Problems in Georgia and Russia
In the Caucasus geography, so many ethnical factors have been living through the centuries. Georgia is a small Caucasian mosaic as demographic. These ethnical differences make Georgia politics weak. After the collapse of the Soviets, Russia Federation has attempted to fill the authority gap appearing ...
24 Jul 2018 22:17
JCPOA and Iran-Azerbaijan Economic Ties
Introduction Azerbaijan plays a central and decisive role in Iran’s regional policies in the Caucasus, and relations are shaped by a range of different factors including geographical and geopolitical proximity, ethnic and religious commonalities, economic ties, Azeri-speaking communities in ...
22 Jun 2018 18:42
Russia and Iran; Tactical Union or Strategic Partnership?
The term “strategic partnership” is very popular in Moscow. Over the years, it has been used to describe Russia’s relations with various countries, including the United States, China, Belarus and Chile, and even supranational associations (the European Union, for example). These ...
13 Jun 2018 00:14
For Iran and Russia, several points are defining in their bilateral interactions: 1. History of bilateral ties in pre- and after-revolution period; 2. History of the Iran nuclear profile for the past 10 years (more a pretext for exerting pressure on Iran, the “enfant terrible”...
27 Apr 2018 14:44
Mutual Interests of Iran and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Regional cooperation has assumed added importance in recent years. Organizations like the European Union (EU), Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the regional arrangement of Latin American countries, MERCOSUR, are a few notable successful examples of this kind of cooperation. ...
16 Apr 2018 07:56
Hamidreza Azizi & Mostafa Najafi
Iranian-Turkish-Russian Triangle in Syria
Long before taking the form of modern nation-states, Iran, Russia, and Turkey had a long imperial history. All the three countries have in some periods experienced levels of Western influence, but none has been completely gone under the domination of the west and as such, the West has never recognized ...
6 Apr 2018 22:02
International Crises and Iran's Strategic Environment
In recent decades, the three world geostrategic areas, which shape the core of international politics, have faced crises that not only influence the destiny of each of these regions, transregional powers, other states, and even nongovernmental actors such as ethnic and religious currents but also ...
