International Journal of Political Science
Volume:10 Issue: 4, Autumn 2020

The geo-economic conditions and abundant oil and gas resources and many relative actual and potential advantages of Khuzestan province require this province to become one of the most developed regions of the country, but this has not been achieved so far. The present study aimed to find the roots of this problem. Though various components and factors can affect the underdevelopment of this region, this study hypothesizes that the continuation of forming a rentier state and incorrect policies made by the elites are among the important causes of underdevelopment in the province of Khuzestan. The rentier state is basically in-capable of advancing the development goals, due to adopting an egalitarian approach, pur-suing ambitious goals, implementing populist-type distribution policies, the discrepancy between goals and methods, and the inability to extract resources from the society and redi-stribute them. The present study aimed to analyze the outcomes of the economic develop-ment policy of the ninth and tenth rentier states in the province of Khuzestan. The results showed that, due to the policies of these states, more than fifty percent of the important industri-al and production centers in Khuzestan province faced serious and fundamental challenges such as stagnation, closure, or forced cessation of production, leading to the decline of development indicators and, consequently, increased unemployment, poverty, deprivation, and social anoma-lies, as well as the loss of intergenerational capitals. The methodology used in this study was field study using bibliographical studies and descriptive-analytical method.

In the Qur'an, government-related vocabulary has been used more than 85 times, and mostly refers to ruling and judging. In addition to the mission of fostering political, doctrinal and moral principles, prophets and divine religions such as Joseph, Moses, David, Solomon and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) ruled, and in reality their rule was part of the mission (verse 20 of Sura p.). In general, the Qur'an does not mention Jesus Christ's rule, but the principle of non-separation of the prophets and the necessity of faith in all the divine prophets is stated in this context in verse 285 of Surah Al-Baqarah: They believed in God, the scrip-tures, and the prophets of God, and said, “We have no distinction between the prophets of God.” Analyzing the process of the advent of Christianity and its development and adoption in the ancient Roman and Greek empires, it can be said that the people adopted Christianity as a religious belief from the beginning to the beginning of the second millennium, and that the government regarded it as the official religion.From 1054, many internal conflicts broke out, creating large gaps and sects of protest and reformist were registered. And histor-ical experience shows that government-church relations in Europe are more dependent on the extent and manner of government participation, and the government has taken advan-tage of religious rules and components in the best of circumstances, particularly in its judi-cial and political structure. The main aim of this essay is to draw attention to a central ques-tion: to what degree isthere a commonality and distinction between Islam and Christianity in terms of policy and political sovereignty?

In the coming decades, global competition will be defined as competition over the global value chain. Given the importance of these issues, it is necessary to address the situation of Iran's economy and the global value chain, which in this article will be examined in the pe-riod between 2007 and 2018. The present article is of descriptive-analytical research type and from the perspective of purpose; it is of applied research type. Accordingly, the main question is: What effect do Iran’s economic characteristics have on the country's position in the global value chain?The temporal hypothesis of the present question is: Focus on “domestic markets" and "re-source-oriented" are the two main features of Iran's economy that have led to a lack of ex-troverted outlook and put Iran's economy at the bottom of the global value chain between 1979 and 2018. The findings show that the implementation of more than three decades of import substitution policy, which has caused Iranian industries and producers to focus main-ly on the domestic market, and the extroverted view is not a priority for them; but in the cur-rent context of the domestic and global economy, adopting an export development policy with a focus on participation in the global value chain can be helpful in facing its require-ments and preconditions.

The end of the Cold War, with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989, marked a major shift in the international system and a shift in global powers, including the United States and Europe. Britain's and Poland's cooperation with the United States in Iraq's war has deepened the rift between Eastern and Western Europe in the absence of more EU members. The 2008 global financial crisis has slowed the process of reform in the eastern continent. The referendum on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union and the victory of Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election strengthened populist parties and increased the At-lantic approach to Eastern European foreign policy. The research method, the collection of information by library study and research findings, shows that the adoption of anAtlantic-oriented approach to Eastern European countries has caused a split in Europe.

The Coronavirus phenomenon should be considered as an issue that will cause damage to other countries in the context of international interdependence. At the same time, the struc-ture of the international system has placed a responsibility on China, as well as on interna-tional organizations and other countries in the fight against this transnational threat. At the international level, given China's position in the international economy and the interdepen-dence of many countries, while overcoming this dependence on other areas and the interac-tion of the economy of all international countries, the Corona crisis is a matter of coopera-tion and convergence. Currently, under the auspices of the United Nations and the World Health Organization, countries are trying to do their utmost to help reduce this devastating phenomenon. The US approach so far, unlike Japan, which has been trying to resolve the crisis, has been more concerned with China's fear and instrumental use of the crisis to com-pete with China and define itself as a superpower. In contrast, pro-multilateralism countries, especially US allies in Europe, have used a pragmatic approach to focus on their national interests and help resolve the international crisis.

In this article, a model of Imam Khomeini's decision-making method has been used for the use of officials and managers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the purpose of which is to grow and promote the Islamic Republic and help make appropriate decisions, especially at the macro and effective levels. In this regard, the method of discourse-based analysis, as well as historical analysis, has been used. Also, Imam Khomeini's rational strategies and behavioral patterns in decision-making have been examined from various perspectives, in-cluding moral neutrality, idealism, or the school of peace and security. Also, an operational analysis of the Imam's decisions before and after the revolution has been made. The most important features and results of Imam Khomeini's strategic decisions have been extracted and based on that, modeling and theorizing decision-making methods have been done for the officials and managers of the system. To be more transparent, a case study to model the Imam's decision-making method has been reviewed by educational officials and the effi-ciency of this modeling method has been shown.