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Scientific Position:
Associate Professor of International Relations
Address:
Tarbiat Moallem University,
Tehran, Iran.
Phone:
(+9821) 88828632
Email:
ghorbani@tmu.ac.ir
Personal Webpage:
Education
Ph.D.: International Relations, University of New South Wales, Australia, 1996.
M.Sc.: B.A.:  Islamic Studies and Political Science, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran, 1985.
B.Sc.: M.A.: Islamic Studies and Political Science, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran, 1987.
Responsibilities
  •  Head of Scientific Committee of Conference on "Islam's Perception of State", Sydney, Australia, 1983.
  • Head of the Department of International Relations Studies, Research Center, Islamic Propaganda Organization (1996 – 1999).
  •   Secretary of Post Graduate Committee, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, (1999-2002)
  •  Deputy General Director of Educational and Graduate Affairs Office, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (2001-2002).
  •   Secretary of Art and Humanities Committee, Center of Excellence, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, (2001-present)
  •    General Director of International Relations Office, Tarbiat Moallem University, (2002-2005).
  •    Deputy Minister for International Scientific Cooperation, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (2005-present)
  •   Head of Commission for Trustee Board, Centre of International Scientific Research and Cooperation and Research Centre of Encyclopedia, (2005 - present).
  •    Secretary of Educational and Scientific Working Group, Supreme Council for Iranians Expatriate in Foreign Countries, (2005 - present).
  •   Head of Scientific-Research Committee, Program for Organizing Persian Gulf Free Zone Area. (2006- present).
  •    Head of Executive Committee, Seminar on Ranking of Islamic World Universities, May, 2007.
  •  Member of Editorial Board, Political Science & International Relations Journal, Islamic Azad University. (2006-Present) 
  •  Member of Scientific Committee, National Conference on Human Security in the West of Asia, Winter 2008, Birgand, Iran.
  • Member of Scientific Committee, Conference on Caspian Sea Region: Challenges and Strategies, 20 May 2009, Rasht, Iran.
  •  Member of Scientific Committee, First International Conference on Iran & World Contemporary Developments, 7-8 Oct. 2009, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran.
  •   Member of Scientific Committee, Ninth Conference of Iranian Association of Curruculum Studies, 21-22 Oct. 2009, Tabriz, Iran.
  • Member of Scientific Committee, Ethics and International Relations Conference, Iranian International Studies Association,  9-10 Nov. 2009, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Member of Board, Iranian International Studies Association, 2009-present.
  • Member of Board, Iran-New Zealand Friendship Association, 2008-present.

 

 

Research Interests
  • World Politics
  • Globalization
  • Democracy in the Developing Countries
  • US Foreign Policy
  • Middle Eastern Studies
  • Security and Peace in International Relations
Courses

Courses Taught :

A.   M.A. and Ph.D. Level :

  • International Security (In English),
  • Theories of International Relations
  •  World Politics
  •  Political and Economic Issues of Third World
  •  Methodological Implication and Analysis of Security (Ph.D.)
 B.   Undergraduate Level :
  • Foreign Policy of Great Powers
  •  Principles of International Relations
  •  Principles of Politics
  • Modernization and Political Development
 
Selected Publications

Publications

 

 A. Books:

  • Nakash Yitzhak, Reaching for Power: the Sha'ia in the Modern Arab World, Translated by Arsalan Ghorbani, ISU & Institute for Social and Cultural Studies Press, 2008.
  • Simbar R., Ghorbani A., International Relations and Peace Diplomacy in Changing Global System, Samt Press, Tehran, 2009.
  • Terry Janice J., US Foreign Policy in the Middle East: The Role of Lobbies and Special Interest Groups, Translated by Arsalan Ghorbani and Reza Simbar, Samt Press, Tehran, 2009.
  • Fouad Ibrahim, The Sha'ia of Saudi Arabia, Translated by Reza Simbar, Scientific Edition by Arsalan Ghorbani,  ISU & Institute for Social and Cultural Studies Press, 2008.
  • Simbar R., Ghorbani A., Islamicism in International System: Approaches & Attitudes, Imam Sadegh University Publication, Tehran, 2010.

 B. Paper Presented at International Conferences:

 

·        Ghorbani A, "The US National – Security Perspectives in the Middle East", Annual Conference, Political Studies Association, Christchurch, New Zealand, 23-35 August, 1993.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "Jewish Factor in US Politics", Annual Conference of Iranian Students Studying Abroad", Mashad, Iran, 1996.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "International Crisis Management", Scientific Conference of Iranian Students, Australia, New South Wales, 1996.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "Islamic World, Globalization and Democracy," Second International Conference of Geographers of the Islamic World, Tehran, Iran, 16-18 September 2002.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "Globalization of Democracy: Challenges and Solutions", 53rd Annual Conference on Democracy and Diversity, Political Studies Association (PSA), England, Leicester University, 15-17 April 2003.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "Great Power Conflict Management : The Role of the US as the Principal Third Party in the Arab-Israeli Conflict of 1967", Second International Conference, ECPR, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany, 18-21 September 2003.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "Europe and the Middle East Peace Process: An Implication for Global Security", Fifth Pan-European International Relations Conference, Constructing World Order, The Hague, Netherlands. 9-11 September, 2005.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "The Organization of Islamic Conference and Its Contribution to World Politics," ECPR General Conference, Convinus University, Budapest, Hungary, 8-10 September, 2005.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "Islam and Women's Contribution to power," 20th IPSA World Congress, IPSA-AISP, Fukuoka, Japan, 2006.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "Humana Rights and Dialogue among Nations", Fourth International Conference of Hierarchical System and Power at History of Civilizations, Moscow, Russia, 2006.

 

·        Ghorbani A., Vosoghi M,, "Prophetic Dialogue in Demonstrative Arts "(Taziye)", International Conference on Prophetic Art, University of Art,Esfehan, Iran,  2007.

 

·         Ghorbani A., Z. Ostadzadeh, "A Study of Issues on Training Persian Language in Foreign Countries, Second Conference, Association of Promoting Persian Language and Literature, (APPL) Mashhad, Iran, 25-28 August 2007.

 

·         Ghorbani A., "Radical West, Radical Islam. Impacts and Implications in International Relations", 2nd Global International Studies Conference, Ljuljana, Slovenia, 23-26 July 2008.

 

·         Ghorbani A., "National and International Position of Persian Language in the Contemporary World", Second Conference, APPL, Tehran-Iran, 27-29 August 2008.

 

 

•   Ghorbani A.," Higher Education and the Challenge of Growth and Sustainability", EDU-COM 2008 International Conference, 19-21 Nov. 2008,    Thiland.

 

    Ghorbani A., "Internationalization of Universities: An Iranian Experience of International Scientific Cooperation', Workshop on Higher Education and Internationalization of Universities, Tehran University, 21 Feb. 2009, Tehran, Iran.

 

•    Ghorbani A.," Caspian Sea and NATO", Conference on Caspian Sea Region: Challenges and Strategies, 20 May 2009, Guilan University, Rasht, Iran.

 

    Ghorbani A.,"Terrorism in International System and UN", First International Conference on Iran and World Contemporary Developments, 7-8 Oct. 2009, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvi, Iran.

    Ghorbani A., "Human Culture in International System: A New Approach to the rule of Game in global politics", Ethnic and International Relations Conference, Iranian International Studies Association, Tehran-Iran, 9-10 November 2009.

   Ghorbani A., "Futurology of Iran's Foreign Policy towards Interenational Terrorism", Iran, Politics and Futurology, Iranian Political Science Association, Fourth Anual Conference, 1-2 June 2010, Tehran, Iran 

  

 

     

 

 

 

 

  C: Journal Articles and Chapters 

·        Ghorbani A., "The International System, Globalization of Culture" Political and Economic Ettela'at, Vol-17, 189-190, June-July 2003.

 

·        Ghorbani A., Keivani J., "Higher Education and Global Village", Iranian Journal of Engineering Education, Autumn, 2003.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "American Policy in the Formation of the State of Israel", Studies on Israel-US, Vol. 5, 2001, Centre, for Scientific Research and the Middle East Strategic Center.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "Europe, the US and the Middle East  Peace: Differences and Challenges," Middle East Studies Quarterly, Centre for Scientific Research and the Middle East Strategic Studies, Vol.11, No. 1, Spring 2004.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "Globalization and Identity", in A. Alikhani (ed.), Theatrical Framework of Identity and Identity Crisis, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Center, Jiihad Daneshgahie, Tehran, Iran, 2003.

 

·        6. Ghorbani A., "The Analysis of Responsible Factors for Diffusion of Democracy in Islamic Region", Geographical Research Quarterly, No. 81, 2006.

 

·        Ghorbani A., Simbar R., "Strategies of Nationalism and Integration Process in Europe", Law and Political Science Quarterly, No. 1, 2006.

 

·        Ghorbani A., "Calmness before the Storm: The Revolutionary Pressures and Global Governance," Research Letter of Political Science, The Iranian Political Science Association (IPSA), Vol. 1, No 3,  Summer 2006.

 

·        Ghorbani A. "The Destiny of Imposed Democracies," Research Letter of Political Science, Academic Quarterly of the Iranian Political Science Association. Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 2007.

 

·         Bordbar A., Ghorbani A., "Face of a Warlike Pacifist", Political Science & International Relations Journal, Vol. 1, No. 3, Summer 2008.

·         Ghorbani A., Mussavi Mirtayeb, "The Rise and Fall of Neo-Conservatives", Political Science & International Relations Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, Winter 2009.

 

 

·         Ghorbani A., "Iran and the US: Current Situation and Future Prospects", Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1, June 2009.

   

 

   D. National and Research Projects:  

·         Simbar R. and Ghorbani A., "Caspian Sea on the Verge of 21st Century: Competition or Cooperation Region," Register No. 6000, Iran's Scientific Research Council (National Project)

 

·         Ghorbani A., Permanence of Palestine Occupation, Department of International Relations Studies, Research Center, Islamic Propaganda Organization, 2000.

  

 

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