The Strategic Role of  Silk Road in Cultural Development and Stabilization of Resistance Economy

No doubt, ‘’Silk Road’’ was formerly regarded as one the most salient economic, political and transportation developments, and the most important transit highway and center for exchanging cultures, arts, beliefs, religions as well as military and economic issues. The importance of of this question lies in the fact that the revival of ‘’Silk Road’’ prepares the ground for strengthening Iran’s strategic position and using the transit system of the way which links the West with the East. Using a descriptive-interpretative method and documentary evidence, this paper seeks to define the strategic role of ‘’Silk Road’’, in its traditional and modern forms, in developing the political, economic and cultural relations of Iran with central Asian countries and then to achieve the goals of resistance economy within the framework of Karl Dowech’s communicative theory. The research findings suggest that, despite the numerous challenges, there are suitable opportunities for reviving the strategic ‘’Silk Road’’, as a basic project, which helps facilitate transferring the loads and passengers. Therefore, it prepares the ground for cultural development and realizing the aims of resistance economy in Iran which include such things like variations in the sources of national revenue and freedom from dependence on oil revenues.