نشریه پدافند غیر عامل و امنیت
پیاپی 32 (پاییز 1399)

Whereas Iran possesses a significant 767 km long land and water border with the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Israeli regime is the main threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the political-security coalition between Baku and Tel Aviv could seriously challenge Iran's national security in south Caucasus. Accordingly, this study deals with the expansion of relations between Azerbaijan and Israel, which has led to their politico-security coalition, and its consequence for Iran's national security could be dealt with as a question. Hypothetically, the expansion of Baku-Azerbaijan relations through security-military coalition and the identity policies adopted thereafter severely challenges Iran’s national security and poses Azerbaijan as the main threat to Iran in South Caucasus. The purpose of this study is to explain the threats to the national security of Iran from Azerbaijan due to her expansion of ties with Israel which analyses data with descriptive-analytical method by means of library resources.

Whereas Iran possesses a significant 767 km long land and water border with the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Israeli regime is the main threat to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the political-security coalition between Baku and Tel Aviv could seriously challenge Iran's national security in south Caucasus. Accordingly, this study deals with the expansion of relations between Azerbaijan and Israel, which has led to their politico-security coalition, and its consequence for Iran's national security could be dealt with as a question. Hypothetically, the expansion of Baku-Azerbaijan relations through security-military coalition and the identity policies adopted thereafter severely challenges Iran’s national security and poses Azerbaijan as the main threat to Iran in South Caucasus. The purpose of this study is to explain the threats to the national security of Iran from Azerbaijan due to her expansion of ties with Israel which analyses data with descriptive-analytical method by means of library resources.

This article deals with the US military threats against the Islamic Republic as declared in the statements of the Supreme Leader Imam Khamenei (ph) as a question. To that end, it seeks to address this issue by enumerating the components and indicators of US military threats against the Islamic Republic of Iran. This research is descriptive which exploits content analysis in reference to the statements, measures and decrees of the Supreme Leader Imam Khamenei (ph). This article categorizes his Majesty's orientations, points of emphasis, and analysis of US military threats against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Studies show that the components of the US military threat are hostile military actions, undermining territorial integrity, soft warfare, and denial of access to military knowledge, technology, and equipment, the indices of which are composed of support of aggressor, creation of insecurity, full-scale war, illegal military passage, military presence in the region, psychological warfare, Iranophobia, military sanctions and military affiliation, respectively.

Covid 19 has been discussed by various scholars and researchers as regards the field of specialty. The mainstream in political studies and international relations with a pessimistic view and emphasis on the theory of realism has highlighted the role of the states in the fight against Corona, self-help, emphasis on territorial boundaries, nationalism, competition between states, particularly between superpowers (The conflict between the United States and China). Meanwhile, an issue which has less been heeded is the concept of "cooperation" between actors at various international levels and arenas. The international community now deems the Corona pandemic as a soft threat to world peace and security which requires the cooperation and joint efforts between different actors in the field of international relations. This article deals with the process of securitizing the corona and countering this threat through various types of cooperation between different actors with an emphasis on the theory of liberalism and the concept of human security. The question that this study seeks to answer is: What are the factors that create cooperation between various state and non-state actors in international relations? This research hypothesizes the turning of Coronavirus into a global threat, the consequences and inability of national governments for containing it, and the continued functioning of international institutions and regimes after hegemony which have led to cooperation between state and non-state actors in international relations, and it seeks to prove it with analytic-delineative method.

The Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), as a state in the Middle East, has always been exposed to political and security threats posed by the Zionist regime. At present, the Zionist regime is deemed one of the main challenges in the foreign policy and national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the regional and international levels. In this article, the dimensions and components of the Zionist regime's political threats, which could affect the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran, were identified using the opinions of experts and the statistical community in 63 factors and in both internal and external dimensions; following, they were prioritized using Friedman rankings and finally they were classified and set to be mitigated using exploratory factor analysis. The results of the research show that the main political threats posed by the Zionist regime against the IRI’s national security at home is instability which could be interpreted in 6 emerging factors and in the component of delegitimization in 3 emerging factors; for abroad, the components of discrediting and isolation could be interpreted in 3 and 5 emerging factors, respectively. The overall results indicate that the most significant internal threats are to show the high rate of malfeasance and to pave way for its growth and material-spiritual support for opposite groups, respectively. In the sphere of foreign threats, the most significant threats are to support the meetings and conferences held by opposite groups in the occupied territories and unreliable expression of the IRI’s nuclear and missile activities.

The geopolitical position of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the region of Iraqi Kurdistan in the context of economic, cultural, political relations has created opportunities for both sides, so that in the era of interdependence, the Iraqi Kurdistan region has long-standing religious boundaries. Shared Identity and KurdishIranian Relations Provide Opportunities for the Islamic Republic of Iran That Can Be Used to Increase Strategic Relations and Promote National Security.The main purpose of this study is to investigate the most important opportunities facing the Islamic Republic of Iran in Iraqi Kurdistan to assist in effective decision-making in the field of security management of the issues related to the Kurdistan Region and its effective presence in order to enhance the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is a qualitative and descriptive-analytical approach in which information is first collected through library and internet resources and then interviews with some of the experts and patrons of this field have been conducted in-depth and aiming at the most important opportunities for the Islamic Republic of Iran in the climate Identify Iraqi Kurdistan.