فصلنامه امنیت پژوهی
پیاپی 63 (پاییز 1397)

The advancement of technology and the advent of cyberspace have challenged many of the traditional concepts of criminal law, including terrorism financing in cyberspace. The present article has used the descriptive-analytical method and library resources to answer the following question: What is Iran’s criminal policy towards financial supporters of terrorism in cyberspace? The findings of this article confirm that the advent of cyberspace has facilitated the financial support of terrorists, thereby methods such as donation in the cyberspace and social media and the use of cyber money laundering will provide financial support. The Islamic Republic of Iran also has passed some regulations in the fight against terrorism, including the law on combating the terrorism financing in 2015 (Amendments in 2018). According to these laws, providing terrorists with any funds and property in any way will be considered as a crime and there predicted appropriate responses towards simple and intensive terrorism financing. However, despite the inclusion of cyber-financing in this law, it seems that there is a legal gap in this regard, and it is necessary to refer to the terrorism financing in cybercrime in a differentiated and explicit manner

The present study aims to investigate changes in the geopolitical order of Western Asia and the opportunities created for Iran and Russia to balance the power in the region. For this purpose, while analyzing the current order and its outlook, the common theoretical foundations and cooperation areas between the two countries are studied to establish a more stable balance of power. The present article acknowledges that the order in Western Asia, especially after the Syrian crisis, has undergone systemic changes. The subnational groups’ demand for share, the intense competition between regional powers, the weakness of the West in pursuing its goals, and Moscow’s attempt to revive its position in Western Asia show the signs of a new arrangement of forces in the region. This paper will perform a systemic analysis to investigate the geopolitical order in Western Asia in the context of international developments and then will focus on the significant relationship between trends in these two areas. The Iran-Russia relations and their areas of cooperation for the containment of instability and trending in Western Asia are also analyzed in this article. It is emphasized that, despite some disputes, the need for effective deterrence against destabilizing trends, including American policies that reproduce threats and instability, can form the basis of sustainable interaction between both countries. Synergy against such strategic threat contributes to a more balanced order in the Western Asian geopolitics and strengthens the potential of deterrence and stability in other regions, including Eurasia. In contrast, passivity or failure in this area will lead to the progress of destructive Western order not only in Western Asia but also in other areas, including Eurasia

Research is considered an essential element for the validation of science in all disciplines. Since scientific journals play an important role in the dissemination of science, monitoring the achievements will be a significant step in identifying novel and innovative ways. In this regard, the Assessment and Scientometric Analysis of published articles seems essential. The present study aims to analyze the contents of the articles published in the Security Studies Quarterly (during the years 2009 to 2018) using categorical content analyses method. A review of the ten-year process and the content analysis of 261 articles published in 38 issues of this quarterly journal have been carried out using a coded checklist, and the data analysis was performed by Excel and Vosviewer. The research data shows the descriptive statistics and classification of data based on the distribution and frequency percentage. The Assessment and Scientometric Analysis is also on the basis of the results contained in the tables and graphic charts. The research findings show that the greatest frequency of scientific articles (40%) is comprised of the articles written by two authors. The cooperation of academic faculty members is highlighted due to the diversity of scientific centers and the credibility of the participating professors. The increasing cooperation of the doctoral and Master’s graduates in publishing papers is also evident at this stage. The most frequently used research method in the published articles (78%) is the descriptive-analytical method, and 60% of them use a qualitative method. With regard to the research results, suggestions such as the recruitment of scholars and experts in the country, the diversification of the articles and subjects, and increasing the impact factor of the journal have been presented

Global terrorism, as a disordering factor, is one of the most important causes of international instability and the most prominent security issue in the 21st century. Global terrorism is an international phenomenon threatening national, human, regional and international security. Nowadays, no country is secure against terrorist attacks and its consequences. Therefore, the issues of international terrorism and security should be analyzed in the light of the theories of international relations to understand the challenges of terrorism. Hence, the present article uses the descriptive-analytical method to answer the question of how global terrorism can threaten international security based on the Copenhagen School’s dimensions of security. In response to the research question, a hypothesis raises that terrorist activities will further threaten military security, borders and territorial integrity of countries around the world. Terrorism will, directly and indirectly, affect the national and international economy. It will also threaten social security due to the increasing sectarian strife among Muslims in the world, the growth of Islamophobia and anti-Islamism, especially in Western societies, and the increasing tendency to terrorist groups among foreign fighters. It compromises human security by depriving the right to life, the right to liberty and security of and the right to freedom of religion and belief. Also, terrorist activities have direct and indirect harmful effects on the environment

The communities’ foremost demand from their political systems is security, which today has found many dimensions and elements that affect all the phenomena and issues of society. Hence, it is considered to have an unbreakable bond with the creation of mankind. Since travelogues are a source of information through which one can understand the realities of the social, political, economic, and cultural conditions of periods of the history of a land and people lived there, it seems necessary to review the travelogues, including Naser Khosrow’s Safarname, for strengthening historical backgrounds of public and social security. Therefore, the present research aims to answer the following question: What is Nasser Naser Khosrow’s approach to public and social security in the book Safarname and how its elements were expressed. The statistical population of this research is the text of Naser Khosrow’s Safarname, edited by Dr. Nader Vazinpour. After studying the book, the present study raised the hypothesis that Naser Khosrow’s Safarname can be a valuable treasure for the study of public and social security because of rich contents in the field of historical, social and political issues. This research was carried out using a descriptive-analytical method. In the end, the elements of public and social security in this book were represented, and the hypothesis has been confirmed by inductive reasoning

Security is considered to be the basic needs and requirments of the individual and the community, that any lack or disturbance in it has dangerous cosequences and reflections. One of the most important components that promotes security and makes the society healthy and desirable is social capital.Social security is a desirable outcome of the impact of social capital on individual life and, consequently, on social life. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of social capital on the sense of security. This is an applied study and also a descriptive research in which a survey was used to collect the data . The statistical population of the study are a number of 768 people , including all employees of Shahid Beheshti University, and simple random sampling method was use to select the participants. The library and field studies were used to collect the data. Furtheremore, the reliability of the questionnaire was approved using Cronbach’s alpha formula and also the validity of the data was verified using conent analysis. The Cronbach’s alpha was approved to be 0.899 for social security questionnaire, and 0.923 for sense of security questionnaire. To analyze the data, the regression test was used by SPSS software. The results showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between the dimensions of social capital (structural, cognitive and communication dimensions) and the sense of security.The coefficient of regression between the dimensions of social capital and the sense of security showed that all dimensions of social capital can positively and significantly predict the sense of security. Among the components of social capital, the communication dimension with the highest beta coefficient has the greatest effect on the prediction of security