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The influence of soft power and cyber space in the information and communication fields isn’t negligible for anyone. According to acknowledging that the future wars will change to cyber wars, China has emphasizes on cyber space and soft power in the defensive-offensive approaches. The main question of this article is that, what defensiveoffensive approach to be applied in the field of soft power and cyber space by People’s Republic of China? The assumptions for answer to this question are included: 1. Considering that, the future wars may be change to cyber war, Chinese focus on protection of critical networks and vital infrastructures. 2. China investigates the new type of war that flaunts its information superiority to potential enemies in the future battlefields. This investigation has been written by the descriptive-analytical method and using library tools. Results show that Chinese in the field of future war design against potential competitors regularize the professionals of cyber and information war in order to protecting their critical networks and vital infrastructures (in the field of defensive approach) also destroying enemy critical infrastructures (in the field of offensive approach).

Dignity of a nation is a function of national power and the image of that country in world opinion. This image can be a function of hardware and military power in the range of low or high power or as a function of the software and may be considered as a brand. Hardware power before the Cold War had a significant role in international relations. Coincides with the end of the Cold War (1991), technological developments and the revolution in communications and information as well as the process of globalization and developments in the field of diplomacy and international politics in 21st century Led to new elements such as satellite channels, sports, culture, technology, tourism, international relations, internet that create developments sources. The emergence of these new elements will lead to a new definition of the power called “soft power”. Soft power is more than an instrument for great power, its used as a important factor in politics of small and medium countries that help them to protect themselves from internal and external factors. So Qatar as a small and vulnerable country used foreign support and used software like media, sport, economy, education, tourism and etc. to find and increase its prestige in the world.

With domination of soft discussion to security of governors, first the nature of concepts such as power, security threats, and the relationship between them is changing And secondly, partnership, trust and loyalty of the people to the government and in a single word, social capital played an important role in national security and counter security threats has also increased the amount of powerful countries. In this regard, security and power is people oriented. Thus, social capital may serve as a link between the three components of strength, security and threatening. So the main question of this paper is how to create link between these three factors. To answer this question, the communication pattern between the three components has been designed. So first we can Use social capital as a shared resource for all three concepts, and then with appropriate indicators of social capital and establish smooth relationship between the terms. This election is also about communication, especially in schools. Method of this paper is descriptive - analytical study of practices through the compilation of library documents.

National policy is an important issue in Leader’s Remarks, Despite many discussions and conversations has been between managers and leaders But still this concept and its instances in a scientific and systematic pattern that is not crystal clear, although it has been for about five decades of ethnic policy in West society. This study examines the ideas of the leader as model to deals with ethnic policy. The purpose of this study is to investigate fundamental questions of what, why and how national policy develops and can be used as a model. This study is a descriptive – heuristic to investigate the pattern of ethnic policy from the perspective of the Leader. To gather and identify different perspectives and theoretical implications, first Western scholars in recent years has been reviewed then by study of Supreme Leader’s words, contents are extracted and coded. The results show this model has three dominant: nature, why and how, so Relations among these themes are presented in the form of a general pattern.

From the perspective of secular and materialist, the Iranian military is unprofessional and its current usefulness is not necessary. But from the perspective of the authors, the value system of the Islamic Republic of Iran, military service is a noble value that can meet increasing national power, especially in the realm of soft power. The main objective of the present study analyzed the individual functions, military, and explores the impact of these functions on improving the nation’s soft power. Exploratory mixed methods research design is based on Delphi method, the first step is using qualitative research methods, Military functions to enhance individual and manpower capabilities identified in the second step with a survey (quantitative research methods), and the impacts identified were verified. The results indicate that military increased soldier’s personal self-belief, boost morale, interpersonal cooperation, dating cultured people of Iran, the increased sense of territory and will increase the sense of belonging to government. These effects can play an important role in raising awareness and abilities of young people and the long term promote soft power in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Evolution of ideas about the role of domestic politics and international geographic zones has been proposed, which dates back over a century. These theories state that initially had quite a geopolitical, now in the twenty-first century with regard to cultural approaches and the role of culture in international politics, are in the agenda of social and political science and on the other hand is under control of actual policies. The comments of geopolitical transition process can be traced to geoculture in all these theories, the Middle East and the Muslim world had an important role in this issue. The main matter is: what is Iran’s role as one of the leading countries in this evolution? What are the current situation in the field of Islamic civilization in conflict with those of other competitors and its role in conflict countries and representatives of other civilizations, especially with the West, led by America? Using a library of documents and studies have shown the collapse of the powers such as Egypt and Iraq, the Battle front is within Islamic civilization reached the relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and Iran’s representative to the Islamic civilization progress. On the other hand, Iran as central Islamic civilization has become a serious rival to the United States.