The Iranian Foreign Policy in the Persian Gulf Region under the Rule of President Hassan Rouhani: Continuity of Change

Although Iran borders with many states and has direct access to the Caspian Sea as well as the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf region seems to be the most vital area to its security and prosperity. Yet since the 70’s Iran’s relations with the Arab states in the region have been rather strained and complex. The main reason for that had been the success of the Islamic revolution in 1979 which later resulted in a new dimension of Sunni-Shia rivalry. Moreover, post-revolutionary Iranian authorities also intended to maintain the regional hegemony from the Imperial State of Iran period. As a result, successive Iranian governments competed for hegemony in the Persian Gulf with the littoral Arab states which consolidated their regional positions due to close links and intensive cooperation with the West especially with the United States. Despite some political and economic initiatives which were undertaken by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, this rivalry was also evident between 2005–2013. The main aim of this article is to find out whether Iranian foreign policy towards the Arab states in the Persian Gulf region has undergone any significant changes since Hassan Rouhani became the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran in August 2013. According to Mohammad Reza Deshiri, the Iranian foreign policy after 1979 can be divided into so-called waves of idealism and realism. During dominance of idealism values and spirituality are more important than pragmatism while during the realistic waves political as well as economic interests prevail over spirituality. Iranian idealism is connected with export of revolutionary ideas, Shia dominance as well as the restoration of unity among all muslims (ummah). On this basis both presidential terms of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can be classified as ‘waves of idealism’, albeit some of his ideas were very pragmatic. The question is if Hassan Rouhani’s foreign policy represents a continuity or a change. Is the current Iran’s foreign policy towards the Persian Gulf region idealistic or rather realistic? The main assumption is that there will be no Arab-Iranian rapprochement in the Persian Gulf without a prior normalization of political relations between Iran and the West especially the United States.

Rada Federalna i Prezydent Konfederacji Szwajcarskiej. Specyfika i ewolucja rozwiązań kreowania władzy wykonawczej

Switzerland is an example of a state that has adopted specific solutions as regards the election and execution of executive power, which has generated the common conviction that the Swiss Confederation is among the most solid democracies in the world. Recent years have shown, however, that political practice has brought about a significant evolution of Swiss solutions as the distribution of power in the parliament has resulted in the abolition of the ‘magical formula’ that guaranteed the great (and stable) government coalition, and the emergence of initiatives aiming at changing the principles along which executive power is elected in Switzerland. The purpose of considerations presented in this paper is to analyze the specific character of how the executive institutions function in the Swiss Confederation, answer the question of what directions the changes to the composition of the Federal Council are taking, as well as address the directions of evolutionary changes to the principles of electing the members of the Swiss government.

Debaty prezydenckie 2010: komunikacja przez pryzmat wartości

Celem artykułu jest prezentacja wyników analizy przekazów formułowanych przez dwóch głównych kandydatów w wyborach prezydenckich w 2010 roku, tj. Bronisława Komorowskiego i Jarosława Kaczyńskiego. Praca ma charakter interdyscyplinarny, bowiem łączy w sobie analizę politologiczną kontekstu debat z językoznawczą analizą zawartości wypowiedzi. Wnioski z przeprowadzonych badań potwierdzają, że obaj kandydaci posługiwali się innym rezerwuarem wartości, który ewokował różne sfery aksjologiczne - wysoką w wypowiedziach J. Kaczyńskiego, a niższą B. Komorowskiego. Analiza językowa pokazała również, że językowy obraz świata wartości budowany przez każdego kandydata zakreślał wyraźnie krąg potencjalnych wyborców. Wreszcie, obaj kandydaci wykorzystywali debatę do ukształtowania swojego wizerunku jedynie w dwóch wymiarach „JA jako lider polityczny” i „JA jako przyszły prezydent”, podczas gdy wymiar osobisty wizerunku został podczas debat pominięty przez zarówno przez B. Komorowskiego, jak i J. Kaczyńskiego

Kształtowanie systemu politycznego Kazachstanu w latach 1991-2000. Kontekst historyczno-kulturowy

Wydział Historyczny

Bariatric surgery in women of child-bearing age, timing between an operation and birth, and associated perinatal complications

Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2016-06

Detection of Rupestris stem pitting associated virus in seedlings of virus - infected maternal grapevine plants.

Rupestris stem pitting associated virus (RSPaV) is a species in the genus Foveavirus (Martelli and Jelkman, 1998) and the family Flexiviridae. The virion has a positive sense, single stranded, polyadenylated RNA genome of 8.7kb in size and a coat protein of 28kD (Martelli and Jelkman, 1998). The virus has been reported to be present in pollen (Rowhani et aI., 2000) and seeds (Stewart and Nassuth, 2001), however, it has not been proved to be seed-transmitted. In our investigation reported here we have proven that RSPaV transmits by seed from RSPaV-infected mother plants to their siblings.