New Geopolitics Research

New Geopolitics Research

In the increasingly complex landscape of global relations, the study of geopolitics has acquired renewed urgency. Rapid changes in political alliances, economic interdependence, environmental crises, and technological innovation are reshaping how power, territory, identity, and resources intersect. It is within this dynamic and contested arena that the journal of New Geopolitics Research (NGR), published by Lorestan University, seeks to establish itself as a forum for rigorous, critical, and interdisciplinary scholarship. The journal of New Geopolitics Research (NGR) aims to bridge theoretical inquiry and empirical investigation, emphasizing contributions that both advance the academic field of geopolitics and address pressing regional and international challenges. Given Lorestan University’s geographical and cultural positioning within Iran, an area historically situated at the crossroads of geopolitical, cultural, and environmental forces, the journal is especially well placed to engage with themes of borderland dynamics, regional security, geopolitics of resources, and the interrelation of state, society, and environment.
    The journal invites scholarship from disciplines such as geography, political science, international relations, environmental studies, history, economics, and cultural studies, encouraging methodological pluralism, qualitative, quantitative, spatial, critical, comparative, and thematic diversity. Particular emphasis is placed on research that illuminates understudied regions, offers new paradigms of geopolitical analysis, or re‐examines dominant narratives in light of shifting global configurations. By fostering rigorous peer review, open discourse, and a commitment to both local insight and global relevance, New Geopolitics Research seeks to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of how geopolitical phenomena shape, and are shaped by, power, place, and human agency. It aspires to serve scholars, policymakers, and practitioners interested in both the immediate stakes of geopolitical change and the deeper structures through which they are mediated.

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About the Journal:

Journal Title: New Geopolitics Research

Country of Publication: Iran, Lorestan.

Publisher: Lorestan University

Scientific Sponsorship Society: Iranian Association of Geopolitics (IAG)

Subject Area: Geopolitics, New Geopolitics, Political Geography, Borderland Studies, Comparative Geopolitical Analysis, Critical Geopolitics, Environmental Geopolitics, Geopolitical Security, Geopolitics of Resources, International Relations Theory, Power and Identity, Regional Security, Middle East, Asia

Format:  Online

Online ISSN: 3060-7140

Frequency: Semiannual

Publishing Schedule: June and December

Language: Persian, including English abstracts and bibliographies.

Open Access: Yes, free access to articles

Article types: Research and review papers.

Primary Review: 10 days, approximately.

Peer Review Policy: Double-blind peer-review

Average refereeing time: 24 weeks

Acceptance percentage: 20%

Article Processing Charges:  No Article Publication Charges (APCs).

Citation Style: The APA citation style

Website: https://nrpg.lu.ac.ir

Email: nrpg@lu.ac.ir  

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Tel: +98(0)9136917045 | +98(0)9166638990

Address: Office of the Journal of  New Geopolitics Research, 5th kilometer of Tehran-Khorramabad road, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Lorestan, Iran. 

Indexing & Abstracting: ROAD-ISSN, Google Scholar, Academia.

COPE: The New Geopolitics Research (NGR) follows the policies and guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and abides by its Code of Conduct in dealing with potential cases of misconduct.

Copyright: Authors retain unrestricted copyrights and publishing rights.

Type of License: Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Required files to upload: Authors must submit the following five essential files through the manuscript submission system: 1. Main Manuscript File (without the author details and prepared based on the provided template. 2. Title Page, 3. Authorship Form (must include the article title, full names of all authors, and be signed by all authors), 4. Conflicts of Interest Form (must be signed by the Corresponding Author and uploaded with the Main Manuscript File), and 5. Cover Letter (Please include any necessary information in the cover letter.)

Current Issue: Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 4, January 2026 

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Keywords Cloud

  • geopolitics
  • Russia
  • Iran
  • Security
  • Border
  • China
  • Shahriar
  • Balance of Power
  • economic growth
  • United States
  • Government
  • Immigration
  • Islamic Republic of Iran
  • Passive defense
  • Border Security
  • Terrorism
  • Globalization
  • Iraq
  • middle east
  • Strategy
  • Khorramabad
  • SWOT
  • energy
  • Khuzestan
  • ShahreKord
  • National identity
  • Political Economy
  • Land-use planning
  • Vulnerability
  • Climate change
  • prevention
  • Isfahan
  • India
  • human capital
  • Conflict
  • Attachment
  • Kurdistan Province
  • Global Economy
  • CORONA
  • Migrants
  • Sovereignty
  • Central Asia
  • Nation Building
  • separatism
  • Economic Integration
  • Foreign Investment
  • Economies of Scale
  • ethnic identity
  • place
  • Social Cohesion
  • Defensive Realism
  • South Asia
  • VIKOR
  • Space
  • Instability
  • Communications
  • deterrence
  • Human Security
  • diplomatic relations
  • power relations
  • neorealism
  • Republic of Armenia
  • ISIS
  • Political parties
  • Future Warfare
  • Land management
  • Iranian ethnic groups
  • Functionalism
  • Virtual Space
  • International Rivers
  • Ukraine
  • identity cleavages
  • Brain Drain
  • map
  • Forestry
  • geoeconomics
  • Regional Development
  • Elites
  • territory
  • Zayandeh Rood
  • historical geography
  • Territoriality
  • Belonging
  • Regional Security
  • Military centers
  • political action
  • Ukraine Crisis
  • West Asia
  • Refugees
  • Muslim Arabs
  • Strategic Navy
  • East
  • South China Sea
  • Region
  • Isfahan metropolis
  • naval power
  • Hydropolitics
  • election geography
  • Urban Geopolitics
  • Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
  • political geography of the city
  • regional rivalry
  • National Cohesion
  • territorialism
  • country
  • Spatial Justice
  • forced migration
  • Political Relations
  • Vicor model
  • Security Conundrum
  • neighborhood policy
  • middle
  • spatial identity
  • nation-state building
  • territorial expansion
  • emigration
  • Geopolitical interests
  • Sasanians
  • New regionalism
  • Centrifugal
  • Centripetal
  • Environmental perception
  • names
  • Central and Eastern Europe
  • Theories of International Water Relations
  • Hydro-idealism
  • Dynamic Economic Interests
  • Deglobalization
  • Emerging Geopolitics
  • geopolitical order
  • geopolitical patterns
  • control of the trilateral confrontation
  • Buzan\'s security theory
  • Istakhari
  • Sind
  • SCO
  • BRICS-Plus
  • international armed conflict
  • border control and management
  • 360-degree authority
  • Yemen crisis
  • international legal organizations
  • forests
  • forest protection
  • Free Trade Zone
  • Theory of Diffusion and Diffusion of Phenomena
  • Regional Organization
  • drug economy
  • Post conflict society
  • Kurdistan Region of Iraq
  • Democratic Party
  • Patriotic Union
  • Change Movement (Goran)
  • ground weaponry
  • land warfare
  • ground forces
  • weapon technology
  • political development of the city
  • geopolitical confrontation
  • geopolitics of the United States of America
  • geopolitics of the Islamic Republic of Iran
  • geopolitical isolation
  • Green Line
  • West Bank
  • strategic ambiguity
  • internal variables
  • external variables
  • quality of living environment
  • border village
  • effective indicators
  • Political division
  • Hegemonic Stability
  • international law and climate migration
  • Strategic Rivalry
  • Ezgeleh Rural District
  • internal security
  • Realm
  • Keywords: The Tigris and Euphrates Basin
  • Hydro-politics
  • Shared Water Resources Management
  • World Revolution
  • Revolutionary Leaders
  • spatial competition
  • spatial distribution of votes
  • Malard and Shahr-e-Quds constituencies
  • Amerika
  • electoral geography
  • Mallard and the city of Quds
  • s Downfall
  • Iranian Turkmens
  • Education Institution
  • The Monroe Doctrine
  • New Industrial Geography
  • Endogenous Regional Development
  • Factory Industries
  • Comparative and Competitive Advantage
  • Free Trade Agreement
  • international refugee law
  • Maduro\'
  • International Relations