Ahmad Golmohammadi; Nasir Ebadpour
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From an institutionalist point of view, political development is essentially defined as the process of institutionalization of political power within the state institution, an important criterion of which is the institutionalization of political power acquisition. This paper studies the evolution of ...
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From an institutionalist point of view, political development is essentially defined as the process of institutionalization of political power within the state institution, an important criterion of which is the institutionalization of political power acquisition. This paper studies the evolution of political development in the Islamic Republic of Iran with respect to the institutionalization process of political power acquisition, aiming to identify the difficulties inherent in this dimension of political development in Iran. The content analysis of the data collected through a documentary method shows that there are two major difficulties in the institutionalization process of political power acquisition in the Islamic Republic of Iran. One of the difficulties is linked to the continuing dispute over the ‘identity’ of those who lay claim to power, which involves debates over the identity of natural and legal persons, including political and quasi-political groups. The second difficulty is related to the dispute over the ‘process’ of political power acquisition, including analyzing eligibility, monitoring, and voting. Despite many obstacles to access various and valid documents containing valuable data about these difficulties, the findings of the study can provide powerful impetus for collecting more data and conducting thorough research in future. They can also offer different perspectives for finding more effective ways to cope with the difficulties and face the obstacles inherent in the institutionalization of the process of political power acquisition.
Ali-Akbar Gorji; mohammadshahab jalilvand
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Islamic Republic of Iran is a state with unique features in the present time that the matching characteristics with the characteristics of the modern state, there are many opinions dispersed. The modern state, which has its roots in the history of the West, has 10 features that distinguish it from pre-modern ...
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Islamic Republic of Iran is a state with unique features in the present time that the matching characteristics with the characteristics of the modern state, there are many opinions dispersed. The modern state, which has its roots in the history of the West, has 10 features that distinguish it from pre-modern states. Meanwhile, the Constitution is an essential characteristic of the modern state That means adherence to the constitution. Therefore, the theory of constitutional government emphasizes that the the government is basically guardian of order based on the constitution 's power structure and the structure of power in all its aspects should be based on the constitution. This article tries to comment on the constitutional criteria, in the characteristics of the modern state, and the state's political power structure in the Islamic Republic of Iran in this respect will be reviewed and concludes that although in cases such as: the structure of representation, separation of powers, rule of law and the judicial process of securing the Islamic Republic of Iran, there are roots of the development of a governance structure based on the constitution, but with a little reflection on some of the principles of the constitution and also delving into some practice, it is observed that in the context of community governance, constitutional ambiguities of criteria has occurred.
Seyed Shamsedin Sadeghi; Masoud Naderi
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Purpose: After World War II, what was considered as security generator was the existence of high military capacity. With the collapse of soviet, various levels of security appeared which did not reduce security studies to military dimension. Today, multiple issues of security have significant position ...
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Purpose: After World War II, what was considered as security generator was the existence of high military capacity. With the collapse of soviet, various levels of security appeared which did not reduce security studies to military dimension. Today, multiple issues of security have significant position in contemporary world and is interesting to many researchers. To understand the security issue and take action to ensure it, we must have numerous looks at it.
Also, due to various changes in the era of globalization that is the era of change and variation, it is possible that cases and issues that are considered common and normal, in near future, enter into the area of security cases and be considered a security gap that accurate recognition of them is very difficult in order to achieve national and international goals. In Iran like all countries, security is composed of various dimensions. For this reason it is said that the areas of threat will be very different.
Therefore, the purpose of this study is to survey the most important challenges facing the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 21st century and then to survey the role of these challenges on the national security of Iran. By analysis of available information, we can discover the reasons of their increasing importance and the way of their effect on national security. A topic that is discussed in this study is the existence of situations that each one of them is involved securitization capability and thus imposing costs on the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Methodology: The research method in this study has been based on positive paradigm and analytical-explanatory approach (Copenhagen School and its broad vision) to assess the challenges and their impact. The reason of choosing Copenhagen School as framework of this research is that this school, due to its security view to issues, provides context in which various security discourses can be discussed. Also, it should be noted that in the era of globalization, following the complexity of the threats, various security levels have been complicated and according to the researchers, this school has the ability to cover the various levels, as well.
Findings: These findings show that Islamic republic of Iran is faced with different types of security challenges of current era. These Challenges have military, political, economic, cultural and environmental dimensions and need urgent solution by statesmen. Therefore, government and governmental organizations must pay attention to new trends in security to reduce the amount of damages in the future.
Originality/Value: Since, so far, no research in this domain has dealt with the most important security challenges facing the Islamic Republic of Iran in the 21st century, we can say that innovation of this study is to investigate the most important security challenges that the Islamic Republic of Iran faces.
