International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

International Quarterly of Foreign Relations

The role of parliamentary diplomacy in strengthening the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
sayadhosein hoseini 1
reza shirzadi 2
1 PhD student in political science of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Iran.
2 Faculty Member of the Azad University, Karaj branch, Karaj, Iran
10.22034/fr.2023.416731.1440
Abstract
the countries are taking steps towards drawing a road map of parliamentary diplomacy, according to their internal capacities and regional and global requirements. Parliamentary diplomacy plays a significant role in the realization of foreign policy priorities through the synergy of intellectual and physical capacities. The purpose of this article is to evaluate the role of parliamentary diplomacy in strengthening the country's national security. The findings show that parliamentary diplomacy at both national and transnational levels has many capacities to strengthen the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran. At the national level, by using tools such as legislation and monitoring the performance of the government, it has many capabilities to influence the field of security. Also, at the transnational level, by using tools such as friendship groups and active participation in regional and international parliaments, it can become the basis for strengthening convergence at the regional and international levels and strengthening the national security of Iran. Because, using the legislative and regulatory tools of parliaments at the national and transnational level, can lead to regional development and balanced prosperity in national territory, and as a result, by reducing national insecurities, provide the basis for strengthening regional and international security. In fact, the expansion of systematic regional and global cooperation of the parliaments of the world based on the promotion of peace, stability and security, can not only play an effective role in reducing regional and global conflicts, but will also promotion of the national security.
Keywords
parliamentary diplomacy
Parliamentary friendship groups
international relations
Regionalism
foreign policy

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