political science
Hakem Ghasemi
Abstract
The book “Islamic Republic of Iran’s Environmental Diplomacy in the Caspian Sea” has explained Iran's diplomacy to protect the environment of the Caspian Sea. The author of the book, in the framework of the SWOT method, has offered the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats ...
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The book “Islamic Republic of Iran’s Environmental Diplomacy in the Caspian Sea” has explained Iran's diplomacy to protect the environment of the Caspian Sea. The author of the book, in the framework of the SWOT method, has offered the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of Iran’s environmental diplomacy in the Caspian Sea. Concerning the conclusion of the book, the author offers suggestions for strengthening Iran’s diplomacy. The author of the book tries to acquaint the readers with the situation of Iran’s environmental diplomacy in the Caspian Sea, and for this reason, it has many advantages. But at the same time, it has many weaknesses. The weaknesses of the book can be divided into two parts: form and content. Writing and editing problems and the lack of a conclusion section are the most important formal weaknesses, and the incorrect implementation of the SWOT method and ambiguity in the application of the concept of diplomacy are the most important content weaknesses of the book. Removing these weaknesses can lead to improving the quality of the book. In this article, with a critical approach, an attempt has been made to introduce the book "Environmental Diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Caspian Sea" and its advantages and to point out weaknesses of the book to be considered by its author in the next editions.
History
Hamidreza Peighambari; Hasan Alahyari
Abstract
The study of marine history is one of the important cases in historical research. However, insufficient research has been done in this field in Persian language, and it was frequently investigated by non-academic writers. “The Atlas of Ports and Maritime History of Iran” is compiled by a ...
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The study of marine history is one of the important cases in historical research. However, insufficient research has been done in this field in Persian language, and it was frequently investigated by non-academic writers. “The Atlas of Ports and Maritime History of Iran” is compiled by a group of researchers supervised by two professors in the history field. In general, this article, as a review paper, tries to identify and scrutinize the strengths and weaknesses of the book in addition to improving its scientific quality for the future issues. To sum up, the comprehensiveness and utilization of various sources and research by using useful maps, clear illustrations, and sufficient tables can be proposed as the strengths of the book, while the dispersion and heterogeneity of the content and disaffiliation of the Persian Gulf and the Oman Sea section with the Caspian Sea section are the major weaknesses of the book.
