Authors

• Seyyed Jalal Dehghani Firoozabadi ¹
• Mokhtar Salehi ²

¹ Allameh Tabataba’i University

² Ph.D Candidate, Allameh Tabataba’i University

Abstract

This paper intends to study the role and significance economic diplomacy in the era of globalization. It then examines the performance of Iranian foreign policy and its interaction with global economy. The main challenges are reviewed, and major areas of activities evaluated. Five basic indices of globalization were taken to be applied to the case of Iran evaluation of its performance in the course of globalization. Subsequently, the nature of relationship between Iranian economic diplomacy and indices of globalization in the areas of economic globalization, privatization, competition, foreign investment and development of ICT was analyzed and demonstrated.

Keywords

• Economic Diplomacy
• Economic Globalization
• Foreign Policy
• Privatization
• Foreign Direct Investment
• Economic Freedom
• Competition and Technology