فصلنامه امنیت پژوهی
پیاپی 82 (تابستان 1402)

Security, one of God's greatest blessings, contributes to immunity, stability, progress, and peace within the nation and its governing bodies. National security is one of the most important demands and valuable benefits of a nation. When the country's armed forces are strong and authoritative, they can eliminate both internal and external threats. Given the significance of national security, this research aims to understand its components, including its semantic categories, from the viewpoint of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Madazlah al-Ali). The research method employs a logical analysis based on foundational data and is practical in its application. The statistical population for this research encompasses all documents, including the collection of orders and letters from the Supreme Leader regarding national security, during the period from 1367 to 1400 (the research area).

One of the most important emphases of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution in recent decades is the importance of science, science production, and science education. His Holiness, following religious leaders, places a special emphasis on "Al-Elm al-Sultan" and considers it the key to progress, independence, national authority, dealing with threats, human happiness, and so on. Based on this, the present research aims to identify the expectations and goals of theorizing and producing science within the thought of Imam Khamenei (Madazlah al-Ali). The thematic analysis method, a practical approach to qualitative research, was used to study all the statements and writings of His Holiness from 1368 to 1402, employing the total number method. The research yielded 158 basic themes, 25 organizing themes, and two comprehensive themes. The expectations and goals of theorizing and producing science in the individual field are: spiritualism, moralism, rule of law, revolutionism, self-confidence, scientific endeavor, scientific vigor, innovation, methodicality, non-imitation, Islamic theorizing, and in the domain of governance, including: flourishing of talents, optimism, freedom of expression, transformation, transformation of human sciences, promotion of theorizing, scientific progress, progress of the country, production of science, scientific independence, scientific authority, modern Islamic civilization, Persian is the language of science, national authority.

It is not possible to control people's behavior without paying attention to their thoughts and knowledge. After facing defeat on both the military and political fronts, the enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran have now shifted their strategy to cognitive warfare, understanding its significance and potential impact. Therefore, it is necessary for the members of society, especially the officials, to face the enemy effectively by knowing and mastering the methods of cognitive warfare. In this regard, the most effective source for understanding the definitions, concepts, and examples of war science is the statements and orders of the Supreme Leader (Madazla-ul-Ali). As the highest political official in the country and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, he, along with the nobles, has established numerous measures and guidelines for addressing general societal issues. They have provided a way to deal with the enemy's cognitive war.This research is an exploratory study, and the data analysis method is grounded theory. This study seeks to answer, "What are the concepts, definitions, and examples of warfare from the perspective of the Supreme Leader?" Also, the research aims to explain the concepts, definitions, and examples of cognitive warfare from the point of view of the Supreme Leader. To collect information, the library and fiche methods have been used. The study extracted all the Supreme Leader's orders related to cognitive warfare from his website (Khamemei.ir), separated the statements related to the concept, definitions, and examples of cognitive warfare, and then classified each statement's content under a specific category.The results showed that there were 10 statements about definitions of cognitive warfare, 10 statements about concepts of cognitive warfare, and 24 statements about examples of cognitive warfare.

One of the most crucial aspects of a country's national security is its border policy. The Caucasus region holds significant geopolitical and strategic importance, making it a focal point for military, security, and political competition among regional and extra-regional geopolitical powers. It has been converted. In recent years, Azerbaijan has consistently attempted to seize control of the Zangzor Corridor, located on the shared border between Iran and Armenia, or to alter its existing boundaries. This article seeks to use the qualitative approach and the method of qualitative content analysis to investigate the role of the possible change of the borders of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the national security of the Islamic Republic of Iran in a scientific and systematic way. The research results have been classified and analyzed in the form of 153 open codes and finally, six categories in the field of military security, which include the increase in military costs and arms races, the change in the military geography of the region and the expansion of the military influence of the Zionist regime, the presence of NATO in the region, the increase in tension and the possibility of military conflict and the expansion of American military influence. These are among the categories affecting the military security of Iran.

Various fields such as political, international relations, economic, social, and cultural all have a connection to the subject of defense and security. Threats from the cultural sphere make the country's national security vulnerable. The purpose of this study is to explain cultural security as a basis for dealing with the new military threats to Iran's future. The current research employs a qualitative methodology, approaching the fundamental goal from an analytical-descriptive perspective. The work process employs a hybrid methodology. The research approach is prospective research. The study examined and analyzed 17 qualitative articles in the field of "cultural influence," identifying its indicators in three sections: "form of cultural influence," "method of cultural influence," and "type of cultural influence," followed by solutions to address this influence. Obtained.Iran's rich culture guarantees its long-term peace and stability. Iranian culture has indicators such as: the name of the land of Iran carries with it the patriotism of Iranians, Iranian history and civilization, poetry and music, national rituals and ceremonies, myths, national pride, religion, science, and knowledge, which are aspects of Iranian culture in the countries of the cultural commonwealth, and at the level of the world, which is comprehensible and universally understood and has the capability of regional, trans-regional, and global discourse.