The Theory of Resistance-Based Secret Diplomacy in International Relations

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Associate Professor, Department of Strategic Studies at Imam Hossein (PBUH) Comprehensive University

Abstract

Foreign policy as a national and sovereign matter is managed and implemented in three formats: "Official Diplomacy", "Public Diplomacy" and "Secret Diplomacy". The dominant practice in world politics and international relations is not clear and open actions, but concealment is the dominant practice in international communication. In the meantime, one of the most important functional areas of intelligence organizations as the main provider of information needs of policymakers in the field of foreign policy, especially in the axis of resistance, is "hidden diplomacy". In the meantime, due to the opposition and disruption of the domination system, i.e. global arrogance and international Zionism, with the ideals of the Islamic Revolution, especially in the conditions of economic sanctions and maximum political pressure, one of the strategic and unique areas of the Islamic Republic of Iran to advance the country's foreign and security policy in The process of international interactions and relations is the field of "hidden diplomacy of resistance" whose application in different areas and levels of governance requires theorizing in terms of opinion and intelligence in the field of action.

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Volume 4, Issue 13 - Serial Number 13
Spring 2024
November 2024
Pages 11-46
  • Receive Date: 03 November 2024
  • Revise Date: 20 November 2024
  • Accept Date: 24 November 2024
  • Publish Date: 25 November 2024