چکیده:
Defense diplomacy is a means by which states attempt to exploit their own capabilities and privileges in defense field in order to make other countries dependent on themselves, enhance mutual security dependence, win trust, prevent the occurance of conflicts, and establish regional security frameworks and the like. One of the characteristics of defense diplomacy under the present circumstances is the fact that it is considered as a means of giving identity and legitimacy in countries' defense and strategic policies. Iran-Arabia relations are transitioning from rivalry towards direct confrontation in reent years. Saudi Arabia's proxy wars with Iran in the West-Asia region especially in Iraq and Syria, as well as the former's all-out efforts to prevent the Shiite power in Yemen and Bahrain from gaining momentum has caused the Saudis to become engaged in attritional wars, one of the effects of which is the deteriorated relations between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. One fundamental requirement in any project on foresight is the identifying of key drivers. With this in mind, this article has been produced with the aim of identifying the key drivers in IRI's defense diplomacy with Saudi Arabia in the West Asia region by exploiting a diverse array of futurology methods including literature review, expert panel, and cross-matrix analysis using MicMac software. In so doing, the expertise of practitioners in defense field and foreign policy were used, along with key drivers that have been presented in the conclusion.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Main and Key Drivers of Defense Diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the West Asia Region 1 Hosein Minaee 2 Farhad Hadi Nejad Received: 2018/10/09 Accepted: 2018/12/14 Abstract Defense diplomacy is a tool through which governments strive to use their advantages and capabilities in the defense domain to make other countries dependent on them, increase mutual security dependence, build trust, prevent the outbreak of conflict, resolve conflicts, create regional security frameworks, and similar objectives.
It has been written using a combination of foresight methods such as literature review, expert panel, and cross-impact matrix analysis, using the MICMAC software; in line with the implementation of this research, expert opinions from specialists in the field of defense and foreign policy were utilized, and the main and key drivers are presented in the results.
The general objective of this research is to identify the primary and key drivers of the defense diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the regional level of West Asia in relation to the country of Saudi Arabia.
The present article has been compiled with the aim of identifying the main and key drivers of the defense diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the country of Saudi Arabia, and in this process, a combination of foresight methods such as literature review, expert panel, cross-impact matrix analysis, and MICMAC software has been used.
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