The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing the Efficiency of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Defense Diplomacy within the Framework of the Seventh Development Plan Act


Abstract

Defense diplomacy is one of the pivotal instruments for governments to extend the international cooperation and regional integration, to secure sustainable peace and security, formation of alliances and defense pacts, the management of detente and confidence-building, conflict prevention, and the strategic oversight of the security milieu. In the Seventh Development Plan Act, because of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s significant position within the West Asian geopolitical landscape and the international order, it is emphasized on the enhancement of both quantitative and qualitative capacities and defense, military, intelligence, security, scientific, and technical infrastructures domains for elevating the national security and safeguarding the nation’s vital interests. This research aims to answer this question: What is the most important role of artificial intelligence (AI) in defense efficiency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in the light of the Seventh Development Plan Act? Empirical findings of the research show that artificial intelligence technology, as a new component of global power, offering advanced capabilities in authority and control, sophisticated data processing and analysis, target identification, threat monitoring, battlefield simulation, and the smartization of military weapons, is as one of the effective drivers of progress in military, defense, intelligence, and security spheres which plays a decisive role in enhancing the combined power and increasing the efficiency of Iran’s defense diplomacy, and in the line with the goals of the Seventh National Development Plan Act.


Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Iran’s Defense Diplomacy, Smart Power, Seventh Development Plan Act.