Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract  
The United States is a world leader in economic sanctions. Since 2005, with the application of "financial sanctions" we have witnessed a "paradigm shift" in sanctions policy. This article seeks to answer the question: "What are the foundations of US financial sanctions?" The hypothesis of the article is that financial sanctions are based on two main pillars in which the United States has made it possible to exclusively use financial sanctions for its foreign policy: First, to create a legal regime to combat money laundering and its globalization, and secondly, the centrality of the dollar in the global financial system. The second question of the article is "What is the place of financial sanctions in US foreign policy?" The author argues that US policymakers' understanding of the effectiveness of financial sanctions has led to the promotion of this tool among foreign policy instruments and the transformation of the Treasury from a marginalized institution to a central one in guiding US foreign and security policy.
 
 

Abstract In recent years scholars have applied different theories to analyze I.R.I foreign policy and actions. Meanwhile, none of the conventional theories could explain and analyze all aspects of Iranian foreign policy. So that some of the scholars argue, Iranian foreign policy is a set of contingent decisions. This article tries to provide a foreign policy theory based on social identity and concept of "status seeking", which provides a systematic picture of Iranian foreign policy. Author argues that I.R.I during the last 3decades has been a status-seeker state (which is the permanent factor in its FP) based on different strategies (Changing factor).

Abstract By outset of principality era in   Islamic republic, speech acts and behavior of iran in foreign policy has been changed. The main question of article is: what is the cause of change in foreign policy of principality administration? Authors, as their main hypothesis, argue that the feeling of ontological insecurity has caused reconfiguration of identity resources , foreign policy and change in principality approach toward foreign arena. Authors describe the nuke diplomacy of principality as the most important aspect of their approach.