Smart Diplomacy and Managing Caspian Sea Issues

Smart diplomacy is a concept which is used arguably by foreign diplomacy executives in order to utilize the opportunities and different capabilities of their countries, including material and spiritual resources, and hardware and software resources to achieve and extend national goals. Diplomatic cooperation between countries in the contemporary era is more diverse than that of previous years. One of the most important aspects of this diversityis the integration of traditional methods of multilateral diplomacy with the pattern of smart diplomacy in the various geopolitical fields. The geopolitics of the Caspian Sea due to its unique complexities is considered as one of the most important areas in the foreign policy of Islamic republic of Iran that calls for implementing the proper methodology of smart diplomacy. This paper explains the most important elements and concepts of smart diplomacy as well as the necessity of its implementation in Caspian Sea geopolitics. This study adopting a blending approach explains the current trends in the geopolitics of Caspian Sea, and regarding future-based methodology aims to answer the question of how the correct use of smart diplomacy by foreign policy diplomats will be effective in managing Caspian Sea issues. The proposed hypothesis is that smart diplomacy due to having accelerating components is the most practical element to establish interactive diplomatic methods for the diplomats in charge of the foreign policy of Caspian Sea.