Designing Model for the Development of Intercultural Relations in the Era of Globalization

In this article, a model for the development of intercultural relations in the era of globalization was presented. The method in this study was a descriptive - survey and data collection tool was a researcher –made questionnaire with 52 questions. The research population consisted of experts involved in cultural affairs and international relations in the organizations of Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IRIB, the SCCR and the National Center for Globalization Studies. In order to study the opinions of the limited statistical community and aiming to increase the accuracy of the results of sampling, census method was used, and the sample size was estimate 120 people.
The results of the research in terms of theoretical dimension, has considered culture as the issue as important as other factors such as the strength of political, economic, military and even in some theories, as the most important factor and the basis of convergence or divergence of nations. Results from the Friedman test showed that, compared with the 3 components of political, economic and military; culture was ranked as the third priority. But in the field section, members of the population, despite considering significance of the role of culture in foreign policy, have known the impact of culture less important than political and economic power in this field. Finally, by ending up and analyzing of the survey results, practical model based on the factor of cultures containing solutions has been developed at three levels of domestic, regional and international for the development of inter-cultural relations.