نشریه سیاست دفاعی
پیاپی 123 (تابستان 1402)

After the AKP came to power in Turkey in 2002, the country's elites first tried to pursue a policy of de-escalation with their neighbors and took action in this regard, but immediately after the start of Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa, Turkish foreign policy has gradually shifted towards a model of neo-Ottomanism and an attempt to influence developments in the Middle East, as exemplified by its support for Brotherhood parties and groups across the region from Syria and Egypt. for Libya this conditions was visible than another.after the start of the crisis in Libya and the struggle of groups of Libyans against the Gaddafi government and foreign intervention in the country, Gaddafi finally fell in 2011. The fall of Gaddafi paved the way for foreign governments from the United States to Europe and the region to seek to exploit the power vacuum created by his fall and to intervene in Libya's internal affairs.Turkey, in line with its neo-Ottoman policy, seeks to establish a desirable regional order with the support of Brotherhood groups and parties. Libya's position as a country with significant fossil fuel reserves, it seeks to create new global energy markets.

The advent of technology and related approaches has brought about changes in all areas of humanity, of which the international system is no exception. Among the types of technologies, emerging technologies with their characteristics have had important effects on international issues and have made changes in the relations of political sphere actors. Among the various emerging technologies, "Artificial Intelligence" has become more popular due to its capabilities. With a descriptive-explanatory method and by examining and explaining the functions of artificial intelligence technology, this paper seeks to answer the question of what changes this technology causes in the national security of states. From the present study, it can be seen that although artificial intelligence is growing day by day in all areas of human life and governance, but this technology is not inherently a threat to the security of states and, therefore, leads states to consider a new area of artificial intelligence and its applications in their national security strategies, and requires them to anticipate the necessary funding for research and development in this area.

This article seeks to provide a favorable model for the participation of strategic think tanks in the national security policy-making process of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The main nature of qualitative research and its approach is an exploratory combination and its research method is a case study. In the qualitative section, experts and experts in the field of research were interviewed using a qualitative method (snowball). The results of content analysis indicate a 45% increase in cognitive problems in both national security policy makers and think tanks. The results of statistical analysis of the research data obtained from the survey, while fitting the model, are:Dynamic and non-hierarchical structure in value-based think tanks with average rank (9.06), realistic understanding of think tanks with objective and practical considerations of valuable security policy-making environment (8.55) and pioneering of think tanks in identifying emerging and emerging security issues Concern and orientation to the needs of valuable security policy makers (5) The most important structural, cognitive and functional indicators of the model of participation of strategic think tanks in the national security policy-making process, respectively.

states' security policy affect and influence patterns of regional order. The present study seeks to provide a new explanation of the security policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The main question of the research is what effect has the regional order of the Middle East had on Iran's security policy, what signs and patterns has this policy followed and what is its future? The Middle East regional order is the most important environmental variable affecting the security policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Patterns and signs of Iran's security strategy are influenced by the changing nature of the Middle East security structure; In the first decade of the revolution, and especially during the Iran-Iraq war, it was affected by environmental threats and security ambiguities, based on defense patterns. After the US invasion of Iraq and the formation of a hegemonic order based on signs of accumulation of power continued, and in the years of the Arab Spring and the expansion of geopolitics, the threat was focused on the balance of threat and the escalation of the crisis. The future of this relationship is influenced by the pattern of action of actors who define their goals based on trends of stability and cooperation or insecurity and conflict.

Deep geopolitical changes in the South Caucasus have had a significant impact on relations between Iran and the three republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Geographical location and strategic importance have made this region one of the most important regions in the world. This research seeks to formulate the strategies of Iran in this region.In this research, the method of collecting information in the form of a library and a combination of sources about domestic and foreign sites Is.After carefully reviewing the documents and interviewing experts, by SWOT and QSPM, the strategies of the I.R of Iran in this region were competitive and the strategies of the Islamic Republic of Iran were determined after ranking as follows:1- Active and dynamic regional diplomacy in order to expand the depth of influence and reduce and moderate the power of competitors2- Utilization of infrastructure, technical engineering capacity and study and university centers in the development of energy transfer route in the South Caucasus region3- Developing media power in order to introduce Islamic and Iranian culture and civilization and tourism capacities4- Expanding and strengthening the axis of resistance in the region5- Effective defense-security diplomacy and emphasis on continuous regional defense cooperation without the presence of countries and supra-regional powersThe competitive position of the factor evaluation matrix for the I.R of Iran in the South Caucasus region shows that the Islamic Republic of Iran should be able to prevent environmental threats by further strengthening its strengths

Not so long ago, countries and their rulers sought to achieve their goals and open up to prove their superiority and superiority through military methods and war, but gradually, the importance of military operations diminished and the spread of mass media and their presence in the realm of life. He made persuasion the best and most effective tool for resolving relations between rulers and different people.The aim of this study was to identify persuasion techniques in Al-Manar resistance network. This research was an applied research and the research method was qualitative with a content analysis approach. Based on this, 10 news reports in 2020 were selected from Al-Manar TV programs, including news, political commentaries, and were systematically studied using coding and classification processes.The research findings were classified based on the principles of persuasion of Patos, Logos and Itos.The results showed that Al-Manar network has tried to convince the audience in a logical and reasoned manner by using more than 70% of Logos techniques and only about 22% of Al-Manar reports have been presented to the audience in the form of pathos techniques. As the network's reports on the Resistance Front news are insecure in the region, the Itos index occupies a small share of them.

Hard military advances have been the earliest means of achieving the goals of the great powers throughout history. But changes in the global arena have led to the emergence of newer tools to advance political goals. The most important tool that is being considered by big governments today is the economy. This is why many other powerful countries in different models are trying to take advantage of this potential. China, one of the emerging powers that are becoming the world's economic superpower, has also adopted policies and strategies in this regard.This research analyzes and examines the strategies chosen by China with a descriptive-analytical approach and using theoretical documents and hypotheses in this field. This study categorizes the strategies used by China in the Middle East into three categories: political circuits, contextual circuits and cultural circuits, and according to the strengthening of each of these circuits, the speed, intensity and stability of economic development and It will increase its political influence in the international arena.

Certain ideas and principles of thought govern the writing and regulation of military field manuals and Doctrine. These principles can be derived from past military experiences, current field facts, religious rules, ideologies, or national and international constitutions. The reflection of these principles in high level documents, such as doctrines, defines the limits and behaviors of forces or even the organization of combat and equipment in war and operation theaters. Different environments of experience, new wars and methods of warfare, different religions and ideologies may lead to the creation of numerous and different concepts in the understanding of new wars and forces within. Cognition that can be a prelude to explaining the position and legitimacy of the parties to a conflict. Applying concepts borrowed from the intellectual or scientific achievements of others may lead to cognitive or legal conflicts that have far-reaching implications for war, military affairs, politics, and international affairs. This article Using the Documentary research method and reviewing historical examples, and using Islamic jurisprudential sources, books and knowledge related to emerging wars, deals with how the idea of defensive jihad (especially the order of jihad) in Islam can form a hybrid force (of people and armies), it will also explain the position of defensive jihad in the face of the emerging concepts of hybrid and unconventional warfare, which have been constructed and addressed mainly in the Western notions.