Futures Studies of the Goals of the Anti-Daesh Coalition by Using Network Analysis Techniques

Subject Areas : Futurology

MohamadReza  Jamshidi ¹ (جمعی اداره آموزش و پژوهش ستاد مشترک ارتش جمهوری اسلامی ایران (نویسنده مسئول))
Javad  Tavasoli Noghabi ² (دانشجوی دکترای مدیریت آموزشی و مدرس دانشگاه فرهنگیان)
Sayed Hasan  Hoseini ³ (دانشجوی دکترای مدیریت دفاعی دانشگاه عالی دفاع ملی)
Mehran  Keshtkar ⁴ (دانشجوی دکترای مدیریت راهبردی دانش دانشگاه عالی دفاع ملی)
Toraj  Eskandari ⁵ (دانشجوی دکترای مدیریت راهبردی دانشگاه عالی دفاع ملی)

Received: 2015-03-13 Accepted : 2015-06-29 Published : 2015-08-23

Keywords: Anti-Daesh, Coalition, Daesh, Future Studies, Network Analysis Technique,

Abstract :

America and its allies took steps to form a coalition and attacked the extremist positions after a long time of the violent extremist activities in South-West Asia, with specific goals as the fight against terrorism. However, the objectives of the action announced by them, but according to the previous records of America, these goals seem unrealistic and need to understand the real goals of the coalition and with the advice of the past through future study. Therefore, it is trying to determine to a large extent behind the main objectives in this study, with reference to the population of which consists of two categories: "Documentation, media interviews," and "experts". The data were extracted and analyzed using content analysis and exploration as the first population. After the data were categorized in several sections, and then send the questionnaire to the population to judge. Finally, it was recognized with a number of 13 important objective judgment of experts, using network analysis techniques and the use of software Super Decision analysis process. So the most important of them are "to weaken the powers of the Middle East"; "Israel's security" and "Re-penetration of America and its allies in the Middle East"