The Development Programs in Iran and the Environmental Problems of Urmia Lake

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf; Javad Etaat; Hosein Mohammadi; zahra Moussavi

Volume 2, Issue 1 , June 2017, Pages 1-29

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.v2i5.56353

Abstract
  Extended Abstract 1. Introduction Since the end of the Second World War, the development paradigm has become the dominant discourse in the world. During the more than 6 decades that the concept of development discourse has been dominant, many theoretical and practical developments have accompanied ...  Read More

The Study and Analysis of the Grand National Assembly Elections of Turkey 2002 – 2011

Yashar Zaki; Kiomars Yazdanpanah Dero Yazdanpanah Dero; Gholamali Mostafavi

Volume 2, Issue 1 , June 2017, Pages 31-57

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.v2i5.60253

Abstract
  Extended Abstract 1. Introduction As a Muslim state with a democratically elected national parliament and a political process having admitted and internalized special scope of differences of opinions, Turkey is a suitable place for the assessment of spatial dynamics and convergence of aforementioned ...  Read More

Claimed territoriality of Coastal Countries and Territories Overlapping (Case Study: The Conflict of Iran and Pakistan on territoriality at the Mouth of Gwadar bay)

Omran Rasti; Ali Ashrafi

Volume 2, Issue 1 , June 2017, Pages 59-86

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.v2i5.61948

Abstract
  Extended Abstract 1. Introduction Conferences and conventions related to law of the seas has not been successful in convincing the coastal countries all the time. Some of these failures stem from vagueness in the law such as the drawing method of straight baselines, e.g., Bay closing line, and the ...  Read More

Discourses of Air Pollution of Tehran: The Nation-State versus the Local Government’s Discourse

Davood Eyvazlu; Mohammad Taghi Razavian; Mozaffar Sarrafi; Morteza Ghourchi

Volume 2, Issue 1 , June 2017, Pages 87-116

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.v2i5.64811

Abstract
  Extended Abstract 1. Introduction In this paper, through studying the air pollution and environmental destruction of Tehran metropolis, as a political, social, and economic issue, we discuss the competitive discourse between the nation-state (the eleventh government in Iran, 2013-2017) and the local ...  Read More

Territorial Conflict between Saudi Arabia and Egypt from the Perspective of the Political Geography of the Sea

Dorreh Mirheydar; Mosayeb Ghareh-Beygi

Volume 2, Issue 1 , June 2017, Pages 117-135

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.v2i5.65242

Abstract
  Extended Abstract 1. Introduction The recent visit of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz to Egypt (April 2016) under which sovereignty over the two islands of Tiran and Sanafir, located in the carter of the Gulf of Aqaba, has reportedly been transferred by Egypt to Saudi Arabia. According to the Egyptian ...  Read More

The Exploitation of Geopolitical Components Affecting Humanitarian Intervention Based on Geopolitical Viewpoints and Theories and Humanitarian Intervention

Sayyedeh Samireh Hosseini; Mohsen Janparvar; Escander Moradi

Volume 2, Issue 1 , June 2017, Pages 137-163

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.v2i5.65954

Abstract
  Extended Abstract 1. Introduction The human rights is one of the most important and influential issues in international relations. The idea of human rights protecting has been considered as the fight against oppression and injustice from a long time ago. Human rights concepts can include fundamental ...  Read More

Geopolitical Analysis of Yemen Crisis

Hossein Mokhtari Hashi; Mojtaba Shams

Volume 2, Issue 1 , June 2017, Pages 165-193

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.v2i5.66077

Abstract
  Extended Abstract 1. Introduction Yemen is an ancient country with long history which is involved in many turbulences and crises such as wars with the Romans, Ethiopians, Iranian, Ottoman Turks, Portuguese, Britons, Egyptians, Saudis, etc. Especially in the twentieth century, the country has experienced ...  Read More