Sajjadpour: We are witnessing the emergence of a type of diplomacy in the United States of America

🔹 Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour, a university professor of international relations, said:

🔹 The world of diplomacy and the world of academia have fundamental differences in terms of logic, culture, and behavioral systems. The academic world seeks to produce knowledge and scientific understanding, while the diplomatic world focuses on advancing the interests of a political system. Of course, diplomatic activity inherently requires scientific knowledge; because without scientific knowledge and understanding, a country's interests cannot be properly advanced.

However, the people who have managed to connect these two related worlds are not very numerous. In English, these people are called Scholar-Diplomat; this means those who are both scientists and diplomats.

In the relatively long history of Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, spanning more than two hundred years, we face a number of scholar-diplomats; but these individuals were in the minority. Many diplomats have university education, but connecting these two fields together and understanding the relationship between them is a fundamental issue.

In my opinion, the books of Mr. Dr. Zarif have succeeded in connecting these two worlds together. On one hand, we face academic and theoretical frameworks, and on the other hand, these works take into account diplomatic experiences, facts, and data.

Diplomacy, as one of the oldest institutions in human life, has existed since the beginning of the formation of human societies and will continue to exist. However, in the current situation, in various regions of the world, including in the United States, we are witnessing the emergence of a type of diplomacy; an approach adopted by some individuals and currents against diplomacy. From this perspective, the connection between academic knowledge and diplomatic experience, which is prominent in Zarif's books, is particularly important.