Research/Original/Regular Article
Study and analysis of the role of the strategic navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army during the Holy Defense era
Study and analysis of the role of the strategic navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army during the Holy Defense era

Amir Nezan Barati; alireza alipour

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2025, Pages 9-23

Abstract
  During the eight-year Iran-Iraq War, the Strategic Navy of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (IRIN) played a critical and strategic role in securing maritime routes, protecting the ...  Read More
Research/Original/Regular Article
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s New Defensive-Security Doctrine for Confronting Hybrid Threats: Designing an Integrated and Smart National Security System
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s New Defensive-Security Doctrine for Confronting Hybrid Threats: Designing an Integrated and Smart National Security System

javad masoumi; hadi morad piri

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2025, Pages 25-51

Abstract
  The emergence of hybrid threats—including simultaneous physical, cyber, cognitive, and internal infiltration attacks—has fundamentally challenged traditional national defense ...  Read More
Research/Original/Regular Article
Comparative Analysis of the Causes of the Iraq-Iran War: A Multilevel Approach Based on Iranian, Iraqi, and Western Perspectives
Comparative Analysis of the Causes of the Iraq-Iran War: A Multilevel Approach Based on Iranian, Iraqi, and Western Perspectives

seyyed Hadi zarghani

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2025, Pages 53-91

Abstract
  This study employs a hybrid content analysis (qualitative and quantitative) to identify, classify, and evaluate the factors contributing to the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War. It compares ...  Read More
Research/Original/Regular Article
"A Theoretical Analysis of Factors Influencing Rural Communities’ Participation in National Defense with Emphasis on the Sacred Defense Experience (Case study: border villages in the northwest of Iran) "

Amir Hosein Elhami; Mohsen Rostami; afshin Yeganeh

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2025, Pages 93-120

Abstract
  This study aims to explain the factors influencing the participation of rural border communities in the northwest of Iran in national defense, with a particular emphasis on the experiences ...  Read More
Research/Original/Regular Article
The impact of the values ​​of sacred defense on promoting the position of the resistance axis
The impact of the values ​​of sacred defense on promoting the position of the resistance axis

amirali ketabi

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2025, Pages 121-141

Abstract
  By raising the question of what effect the values ​​of sacred defense have had on promoting the position of the resistance axis, this research has expressed the hypothesis that ...  Read More
Research/Original/Regular Article
A Constructivist Reading of the Notion of Iran’s Territorial Sovereignty within the Discursive Framework of the Islamic Revolution during the Iran–Iraq War
A Constructivist Reading of the Notion of Iran’s Territorial Sovereignty within the Discursive Framework of the Islamic Revolution during the Iran–Iraq War

Ehsan Lashgari Tafreshi

Volume 11, Issue 1 , June 2025, Pages 143-159

Abstract
  One of the approaches in critical geopolitics involves the differential meaning-making of geopolitical phenomena by individuals, political parties, and states, grounded in their respective ...  Read More