نشریه مطالعات راهبردی جهان اسلام
سال پانزدهم شماره 1 (پیاپی 57، بهار 1393)

Geopolitics of Islam discusses role and impact of Islamic values and Islamic parameters on relationship and interaction among the three elements of geography, politics and power. Geopolitics has two types: traditional and critical. This paper is a critical analysis of periods of the Islamic resistance discourse that has there has been four waves of geopolitic of Islamic resistance since nineteenth century onwards. Islamic revolution was the third one which has special place not only in Shia but also in the Islamic world. This Paper aims at examining the status and credit of Iran’s leadership in the Islam geopolitics based on David Easton's theory. According to Easton theory, this study tries to find effective factors in maintainance and stability of Iran's Leadership in Islam geopolitics. This a is a descriptive – analytical rescarch conducted via library means.

ISIS ability to challenge Syria and Iraq as two members of the Resistant Axis in the region as well as Problems that it has made for the governments of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Hezbollan has made a "natural Opportunity" for the enemies. Meanwhile, the failure of ISIS and Al-Nusra Front and other terrorist groups, who are fighting against Hezbollah in al- Qusayr, Qalamoun and Aleppo as well as ISIS terrorist group's defeat against Iraqi political system in al-Azim and Amerli and more importantly their failure to enter Baghdad, has faded the Resistance Axis enemies hope. Therefore, West is faced with two contradictory alternatives against ISIS, that is, supporting or distancing from and ISIS and other terrorist groups. Meanwhile, this Paper aims to answer numerous questions about America's military ability to harness a security Movenent that fights asymmetrically.

Turkey's foreign policy has two orientations. towards the West and towards the East and surrounding areas after Justice and Development Party (AKP) took power in 2002. Regarding a shift in Turkey's policy orientation from West to East, the key question is how Turkey pursues two traditional views to the West an to the East or Western orientalism and regionalism in its foreign policy? According to this Paper's hypothesis, Turkey's foreign policy functions as a compass that one of its arms is fixed on America and the west and the other movable arm goes round inscribing circles or measuring the radius of its foreign relation. While the arc has lean to the East and its neighbors, its main orientation is toward the west. This is a descriptive - analytical research. Regarding to the nature of the subject, the method of gathering information is based on libraray and document surveys.

With the beginning of the crisis in Syria, Hamas Movement wich has always enjoyed Syrian goverument's Full support, gradually distanced from it transferring its offices from Damascus to Doha, while, Hamas leaders embarked on criticizing Syria and Hezbollah. This Paper aims to examine the reasons behind separation of Hamas from Resistance Axis. In addition, this study tries to investigate the factors that led to hamas divergence from Syrian government and Resistance Axis at the peak of the Syria crisis. It will also try to predict Hamas's political future. Results of this paper show that identical, Ideological and political otherness have been effective in the political behavior of Hamas leaders. Furthermore it shows that the fall of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the stabilization of the Syrian government, has made Hamas to return back to the Resistance Axis.

Zionist Regime phenomenon is an important issue in the Middle East Studies. The nature of this regime has created the crises in every subject. Massive offshore reserve were discovered near occupied Palestine during 2009 and 2010. This paper examines the details of discovery of gas reserves, energy security, organizing, and prospects of different markets for Israeli regime natural gas. This paper tries to examine the role of gas in the structure of regime's energy supply and economy. Explorations in the present volume, does not effect on the equations of gas market in Eastern European, or liquefied natural gas markets and does not led to the growth of natural gas consumption in the region. This paper examines the impact and importance of recent discoveries offshore in the East of the Mediterranean Sea on energy security of the Zionist regime and shows that how this issue has created differences in determination of maritime boundary in the eastern Mediterranean.