“Future Advancement Horizon” Document in Foreign Affairs, Defense and Security

Abstract

Due to the increasing importance of development, nowadays, a long-term perspective is prepared to present a picture of the desirable future in all countries to smoothen the pathway of development and interaction with regional and worldwide streams. Thinkers and researchers in our country, also, have tried their hands at preparing the preliminary draft of concise pattern of the development of the country (basic pattern) including basics, goal, duty, horizon and strategies sections. The present study has chosen “Future Advancement Horizon” document out of those ones and has tried to criticize and analyze the document’s approach in foreign affairs and security with content analysis and also comparing it with three countries; Turkey, Malaysia and South Korea. The findings of the study suggest that this document is in a poor condition in content, innovation and initiative, like the document of Malaysia. As two Muslim countries, Turkey and Malaysia have not prepared a plan for themselves in the domain of Islamic world and in the Iranian document, attention to Islamic issues has been more than noticing other local issues and Iranian strategic culture.

Keywords

• perspective
• development
• Comparative Method
• Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
• Content Analysis