The Comparative Study of the Cultural and Political Components of Soft Power of the Islamic Revolution of Iran (1979) and the Egyptian Revolution (2011)

Comparing the soft power of countries is one of the new issues in the policy of adaptation, which is effective in policy making and the reconstruction of national performance. The Islamic Revolution is one of the political phenomena that, with its occurrence, the second dimension of power - soft power – became obvious in the field of international politics. Since the Egyptian people's awakening and the January 25, 2011 revolution, are closely resembling in terms of the structure and nature of past regimes and the conditions, this paper seeks to examine the sources of soft power of these two revolutions. For this purpose, the authors using the comparative analysis method and the dual soft power model are going to answer the question; What are the cultural and political components of soft power of the Islamic Revolution of Iran (1979) and the Egyptian revolution (2011)? The article supposes that the sources of soft power of the Islamic Revolution are growing and, on the contrary, the cultural and political resources of power in the revolutionary process of Egypt are facing erosion. In order to compare the soft power trend in these two revolutions, efforts are being made to assess the prominence of power resources by presenting measurable indicators in both the cultural and political domains. To do this, by using a questionnaire and SPSS software, we try to consider quantitative data for each component and 28 indicators are considered for the twodimensional model of soft power. The findings show that the soft power of the Islamic Revolution is more than the Egyptian revolution, and national empowerment has been more successful for Iranian society in the cultural and political spheres.