Much has changed since the publication of the first edition of Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations in 1991. While the Cold War, the focus of most of the scholarship in the field, was winding down, the field of foreign relations history seemed under attack. “We have been told again and again,” the very first sentence of the volume noted in an injured tone, that foreign relations...

Three experiments investigated how perceived foreign threats to the United States can influence Americans' endorsement of assimilation and multiculturalism as models for foreign and domestic intergroup relations. The initial study, conducted during the 6-month anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (9/11), discovered that a diverse group of Americans preferred assimilation as ...

globalization and increasing political, economic and cultural relations among different countries’ people have resulted in many legal effects. one of the important results of these relations is the increase of disputes among people in the world that forums must apply a foreign law to settle them. certainly, iranian forums have dealt with such cases. although the proof of foreign law as a questi...

this article is aimed at finding out the reasons and causes of development of sino – iranian economic and commercial relations during 1979-1999. it is argued that despite different ideologies and political systems, beijing and tehran have managed to expand the bilateral relations successfully. this has been done through adopting pragmatic foreign policies by two countries.

Along the history, relations between Iran and Russia always faced with great changes and transitions and always, the foundation of these relations have been on the base of political, security and military and sometimes economical affairs. Iran and its people have special identity elements like: Persian language, Shiite Islamism, nationalism, regional hegemonies, anti-foreignism and etc, that so...

The concrete details of Ryukyu’s foreign relations—its interactions with Ming and Qing China on the one hand and Satsuma and the bakufu on the other—are the key to understanding royal authority between 1609 and 1879. The changing nature of royal authority is also the key to comprehending the logic behind the major changes that took place in Ryukyuan society and domestic politics during this tim...