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The Euro Crisis and Its Impact on the Integration Process in the European Union

Hadi Ajili; Jabbar Khoda-Doost

Volume 2, Issue 3 , February 2014, Pages 1-23

https://doi.org/10.22067/jipr.v2i3.44265

Abstract
  The European Union with 28 member states is one of the largest economic unions in the world, however, the economic and financial crisis of recent years preceded by the housing crisis of 2008 in the US created many difficulties for it, and affected some of its member states, such as Ireland, Portugal, ...  Read More

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Human Rights in the European Union; Lack of a Comprehensive and Coherent Regime

Seyed Mohammad Ali Taghavi

Volume 2, Issue 3 , February 2014, Pages 24-45

https://doi.org/10.22067/jipr.v2i3.44266

Abstract
  The European Union in its policy declarations states that the respect for human rights is a requirement in its internal and external relations. For instance, accession of European countries to the Union, enjoying its services, and even signing an agreement with non-members is dependent on the observation ...  Read More

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An Explanation of the Process of Geopolitical Imagination; the Case study of the US Geopolitical Imagination of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the Cold War Era

Reza Joneydi; Zahra AhmadyPour; Mohammad Reza Hafez-Nia

Volume 2, Issue 3 , February 2014, Pages 46-69

https://doi.org/10.22067/jipr.v2i3.44268

Abstract
  Geopolitical imagination, by definition, is the competition between powers in forming individuals’, institutions’ and political factors’ perception of the characteristics and contents of geographical space, on the basis of their intended interests. In this article, as a case study, the US perception ...  Read More

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Geopolitical Opportunities of the Islamic World in the Organization of Gas Exporting Countries

Seyyed Hadi Zarghani; Ali Akbar Dabiri

Volume 2, Issue 3 , February 2014, Pages 70-94

https://doi.org/10.22067/jipr.v2i3.44269

Abstract
  In 2008, the Organisation of Gas Exporting Countries (OGEC) was formally established with 11 members in Doha, Qatar. While having economic and business nature, the organisation is seen as the Gas OPEC, having the potential for changing the geo-strategic and geopolitical structure of the World. Therefore, ...  Read More

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International Nation-State Building and Political Violence in New Iraq

Jaafar Noruzi Nejad

Volume 2, Issue 3 , February 2014, Pages 95-121

https://doi.org/10.22067/jipr.v2i3.44295

Abstract
  Iraq is a country with many social cleavages, due to its ethnic and religious diversity, and because pf the inability of its political elite, this feature has always hindered resolving its problems. With the removal of the authoritarian regime of Sadam Hossein, ethnic and religious disputes escalated ...  Read More

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Managing the Indo-Pakistan Conflict through the Economic Factor (1998-2010)

Seyyed Ahmad Fatemi Nejad

Volume 2, Issue 3 , February 2014, Pages 122-156

https://doi.org/10.22067/jipr.v2i3.44296

Abstract
  The link between international conflict and economy linkage is one of the focal subjects in international political economy (IPE). The aim of this article is to scrutinise the impact of the economic factor on managing Indo-Pakistan conflict based on IPE approaches. So, the article organizes as follows: ...  Read More