The role of soft power components in shaping the military thinking of the coming war

The researcher seeks to investigate the role of more important factors such as faith, military leadership and command, morale and motivation in the formation of the military thought of the future war.

To conduct this research, a descriptive survey research method was used. In the theoretical part, the research literature was examined and extracted through the study of texts and sources, and in the field part of the data, data was collected through the distribution of questionnaires at the level of experts.

Considering that soft power is considered as a superior and important factor in war due to the disparity in military facilities and technologies in the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the face of the arrogant powers of the world, therefore maintaining and strengthening the spiritual motives of soft power of commanders and troops Armed J.A. can shape the military thought of the country's armed forces in the future war.

Orginality:

 Among the soft power factors, four factors of faith and beliefs, military leadership and command, morale and motivation, and a total of 30 indicators calculated from these four factors have been measured.