Document Type : Research Article (International Relation)

Authors

• Davood Karimipour ¹
• Peyman Hassani ²

¹ Assistance Professor ,Faculty of National Security, National Defense University, tehran, Iran

² PhD. student of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU) and Research Fellow at Research Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Shahid Soleimani designed and implemented a new model of diplomacy during the years of commanding the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which can be analyzed based on the conceptual framework of smart diplomacy. The main problem of the present research is also the observation of how this type of diplomacy is organized and formed and the ability to institutionalize it. (The main question) This article, which is based on the (qualitative case study) method, is what model and principles does diplomacy have in Shahid Soleimani's school? The findings of this exploratory research show that Shahid Soleimani was able to create a unique example of diplomacy in the region with the help of the four basic principles of military-security networking, simultaneous multi-layered action, nation-centered and ideology-based diplomacy. make a foot In this model of diplomacy defined in the specific political-cultural and economic context of the West Asian region, Shahid Soleimani was able to increase the national security factor and increase the influence of the ideology of the Islamic Revolution with the defeat of ISIS far more than in the past.

Keywords

• Shahid Soleimani
• smart diplomacy
• resistance
• foreign policy

Main Subjects

• International Relation