Document Type : Original Research Paper
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Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Governance Studies Department, Institute of Cultural and Social Studies, Ministry of Science, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Science diplomacy is an interdisciplinary concept, and specifically in the discussion of Iraq, areas such as science and technology, international relations, foreign policy, the military-field, and the discursive field are the most important conceptual sources that form it. This research seeks to answer the question of how the scientific diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran with Iraq is formulated and what are the most important challenges of scientific cooperation between Iran and Iraq? This multidimensional research was conducted in a qualitative paradigm. The data and information collection method was a combination of documentary and library sources, semi-structured and interactive interviews, participant observation, expert interviews, and holding expert panel meetings and obtaining the views of relevant institutions and organizations. In this study, the four dimensions of educational, research, cultural, and executive science diplomacy between Iran and Iraq will be examined. Increasing the role of overseas agents in the field of diplomacy, especially strengthening the role of scientific advisors and technology advisors in identifying the capacities of the destination country and introducing Iran's capacities, developing a roadmap centered on the institutions responsible for the science and technology sector, regulating the bureaucracy of international interactions between academic and industrial actors, and facilitating consular procedures for non-Iranian nationals, Developing an input and output database for higher education institutions in order to strengthen networking and benefit from individual expertise, continuously assessing the market needs and environmental conditions of the destination country, striving for a unified and realistic definition of the world and international relations, increasing the cultural literacy of players in the field of scientific diplomacy and the internationalization of universities in particularو Investing in increasing the quality of human resources in this field can be effective in advancing Iran's scientific diplomacy.
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