Cultural Capacity of Islamic Republic of Iran in General Diplomacy
Subject Areas :محمدعلی خسروی 1 , عباسعلی جباری ثانی 2
1 - اﺳﺘﺎدﯾﺎر رواﺑﻂ ﺑﯿﻦ اﻟﻤﻠﻞ و ﻋﻀﻮ ﻫﯿﺄت ﻋﻠﻤﯽ داﻧﺸﮕﺎه آزاد اﺳﻼﻣﯽ واﺣﺪ ﺗﻬﺮان ﻣﺮﮐﺰی
2 - ﮐﺎرﺷﻨﺎس ارﺷﺪ ﻣﻄﺎﻟﻌﺎت ﻣﻨﻄﻘﻪ ای واﺣﺪ ﺗﻬﺮان ﻣﺮﮐﺰی
Keywords: Diplomacy, Soft power, Foreign policy, culture, General Diplomacy,
Abstract :
Implementation of foreign policy in our contemporary world is more and more based on imagination and speculation of decision makers. Achievements in Foreign policy and the attainment of national goals and national interests are depended mainly on the availability of resources and, now a day, on software power of nation.General diplomacy as one of the sources of software power and a tool of foreign policy due to the changes in world power structure and displacement of hardware power by soft one and also increasing influence of public opinion in international relation all of which has now led to the stronger public and cultural role in the formation of foreign policy. In this article, it is tried to have a look at the principles of general diplomacy, the capacity and the role of culture as influential factors on the Iranian foreign policy.
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