Open AccessIran and World Contemporary Developments
Author(s) -
Bahram Navazeni
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v26i4.1379
Subject(s) - sovereignty , persian , politics , international relations , globalization , political science , face (sociological concept) , work (physics) , economic history , economy , law , sociology , social science , history , engineering , economics , philosophy , theology , mechanical engineering
This conference (www.iranoworld.ir), the first one to be organized by thefaculty of the Department of Political Science at Imam Khomeini InternationalUniversity (IKIU) and will be held continuously in the followingyears, sought to develop knowledge and making the ground suitable for discussingand analyzing the work of researchers both inside and outside Iran.Despite the antiquity of Iran’s history, rich oil and gas resources, andmonitoring of the strategic Persian Gulf, the country has enjoyed stability inits blend of religion and politics of social affairs in the face of profoundchange. Contemporary international relations, known for its dominatingprinciples of equal sovereignty and self-determination, is also undergoingchange, the most obvious ones being the Soviet collapse, the “new worldorder,” and globalization, all of which have affected Iran ...