خلاصه ماشینی:
"This book attempts to define the nature, types and the elements of soft power within theoretical frameworks and to describe how it affects foreign policy and diplomacy of the Islamic republic of Iran.
In the current era, the shifts in the global economic system resulting from changes in the nature and types of power, have highlighted the influence of soft power in companson to hard power through determining foreign policies of countries, aimed at achieving national goals.
" In order to describe how soft power influences the Foreign Policy of a country, including that of the Islamic Republic of Iran, this chapter, initially reviews the meaning and nature of foreign policy within the framework of renowned theories of international relations, and then assumes the constructivist model of foreign policy in line with the application of soft power.
Chapter four entitled, "Information-Communication Soft Power and Iran's Foreign Policy," attempts to analyze the effect of the i nforma tion-communic ation revolution on politics by means of theoretical frameworks and related concepts, studying both its possible harms and threats.
The third section of the chapter deals with the cultural power in Iran's Foreign Policy from a critical standpoint, and analyzes the identity factors exerting influence on foreign policy and the effect of the Islamic Revolution on the foreign policy of this country.
Regarding the role of feminism as one of the important factors of soft power in international politics, the authors of the book have attempted to analyze the relationship between feminism and Iran's foreign policy proposing ways in order to improve its functionality in the area of women's rights."