Futures Studies and Software Modeling of Iran-UK Relations from the Perspective of Smart Power Components; Focusing on Iran's Political Geography

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1 PhD Student in International Relations, Department of Science and Research, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

3 Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Political geography is involved in the spatial analysis of political phenomena while also considering the spatial specificities of the political process. In political geography, the concept of a region is a geographic space that is composed of a series of similar phenomena and linking factors in the environment that have a unified and distinct geographical personality from other regions. In this study, we analyze the smart power of the Islamic Republic of Iran and present an engineered model of the relations between Iran and the United Kingdom with a focus on Iran's political geography. In this regard, the role of the parameters of power, culture and smart power will be highlighted. They had never been taken seriously in political, economic, etc. relations. Modern concepts of intelligent power have found their place in the literature of power and politics in the context of contemporary international experience. So importance of understanding and applying intelligent power components to enhance capabilities in various dimensions, in particular deterring Iran from any external or internal threats, is important. International relations engineering with the help of analytical and statistical software using field data in the form of interviews and questionnaires as well as documentary studies in the field of humanities and the panel of experts has rarely been done. In this study, several influential variables in the context of political geography have been used in a completely innovative and futuristic perspective.

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Geography (Regional Planning)
Volume 10, 2-2
June 2020
Pages 655-670

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