The identity of soft threat , dimension and characteristics

Subject Areas : Journal of Law and Politics

Seyed Vahid Aghili ¹ (-)
Farahnaz Mostafavi ² (-)

Received: 2015-10-12 Accepted : 2015-10-12 Published : 2013-07-23

Keywords: threat, soft threat, soft power, cultural spreading, culture acceptance,

Abstract :

Although software orientation is considered as one of the best tools to provide betterand more national benefits for countries, But researches show that using soft powerby big governments has always been affected by security-strategy considerations, infact, one of distinguished aspects of today world from past world is “importanceincreasing” of soft power of countries and their capability in creating deep, invisibleand gradual changes in belief arrangement, life style, political situations andprospective and social preferences of target audiences, using “ soft threats” . softthreats means the expanded spectrum of actions and social, political and culturalactivities which is used by countries with higher communication technology inorder to impose indirectly their will to the others. The main purpose of this researchis to study the concept of dimension and characteristics of soft threat and softwareapproach in theories and solutions. In this research it has been attempted tointroduce the resources and different levels of threat and soft threat in order tounderstanding it generally, and finally to point the special affairs of soft threat inthese leve.