The special features of cyberspace, such as universality, providing the possibility of anonymity and rapid changes, along with its great impact on individual and collective life, make its policymaking and regulation challenging. The security and resilience of cyberspace as one of the complex aspects of cyberspace policymaking and the intersection point of technical, security, cultural and social points of view has also been considered in upstream documents and Tadbir No. 15 of the document of the Islamic-Iranian model of progress is dedicated to the security and resilience of cyberspace and the need to use local knowledge and global partnerships in it. An issue that seems to have been left aside in many policies and practical decisions related to cyberspace in favor of a non-specialist security perspective. This article based on qualitative research methodology and analytical-descriptive research method, by examining some of the most important challenges of cyberspace and its security and resilience in Iran and comparison with similar global samples, tries to provide suggestions for policy regarding cyberspace in Iran. Staying away from the security discourse in everyday life issues, reducing criminalization, improving the conditions and attracting foreign companies in the field of cyberspace instead of repelling them, improving the economic and cultural conditions for the non-immigration of specialists in this field, leaving space for popular regulation of cyberspace away from governmental interventions and attention to upstream documents, including the Islamic-Iranian Model document, are the progress of some of the solutions and policy proposals presented in this article.

The circumstances governing the international system and global power structure are indicative of the spread of insecurity and crisis at varying local to international scales. As much as the development of pervasive and far-reaching crises has created challenges for the international security systems and requires the need for rearrangement of and transition from security ambiguities, it has similarly added to the importance of adopting efficient strategies and updating the national security policymaking structure of countries. “ Erosion” as an ancient and efficient strategy adopted by different countries during wars, crisis control, and change in power balance is rooted in history, and has been used by weak or strong sides of various conflicts as a strategic initiative while incorporating efficient and economical mechanisms. Despite the wide applications of this strategy in national security policymaking, there is no formulated theoretical framework outlining its deep knowledge and effective use at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. The existing literature on erosion is of historical and descriptive nature and does not embody a theoretical framework. For this reason, the present study aims to provide a theoretical framework for the strategy of erosion in national security policymaking through review of theoretical literature and tapping scientific knowledge available in the fields of strategic management and strategic policymaking as well as scientific and historical information on the erosion strategy. The present study was carried out with a qualitative approach and by utilizing an analytical-descriptive method. Information was gathered on a library basis, and a deep qualitative analysis method was adopted for information analysis.

The water crisis in Iran for nearly two decades has become an important concern for people and politicians and has always been raised in the media. Locating in dry and semi-arid belt and low rainfall, there are few water resources in Iran. Resource management should offset water scarcity through a variety of methods, due to population growth and agricultural and industrial development. The government has the most important role in this regard, which needs to have a good policy for water management. However, at the present moment water crisis is not considered as a priority for policymakers, and the lack of a well-structured program, as well as poor performance of the authorities has worsened the country’ s water resources. Various institutions are involved in water resources management, which are generally divided into policy and executive institutions. Water resources policymakers have not yet come up with coherent and clear policies for understanding the water crisis and for a genuine crisis resolution. In the area of executive bodies, every water-related entity, regardless of the water crisis and the consequences of implementing sectoral policies on water resources, is trying to meet its organizational goals. The lack of expertise and coherent policies in the face of the water crisis and the implementation of sectoral policies without sufficient attention to water scarcity have put the country’ s development policies on the water resources and the challenges of the water crisis are constantly increasing. The main question of the article is what is the policy of water in Iran since 2001? Based on this question, our hypothesis is that the water crisis is not well positioned in macroeconomic policy, leading to a lack of clear and comprehensive planning for the crisis and that existing programs are partly due to lack of coordination between institutions and agencies. The water crisis has not finally come to end.

Improving policymaking quality progression of science and technology is considered one of the most important plans in different countries. This could be done differently from one country to another. This important issue in Iran is also dependent on determining effective strategies on science and technology policymaking that is appropriate to the circumstances and the situation in Iran. The present study is qualitative content analysis. The participants of this study are 23 experts in the field of progress and development, and science and technology. The sampling was targeted and purposeful. In order to collect qualitative data, some unstructured and profound interviews were conducted. The analysis of results was done by qualitative analysis and content analysis using MAXQDA. The researchers extracted 39 subgroups, 6 themes including observations of science and technology on a global scale, scientific governance, organized steering and scientific research leaders, discourse modeling, defining system requirements in the production of science, supply system of scientist as wise management strategies and advances in science and technology policy of Iran. On the one hand, policymaking success has always been based on two basic elements of value and insight. On the other hand, it is built on situations and exigencies of the given society. The present study, on the basis of Islamic epistemic foundation provides settings of the Iranian society and profiting from the experiences of participants. Also, it identified and explained six key strategies. Macro policymakers are able to employ them in general; and managers and policymakers of science and technology can employ them in a certain and special way that will ultimately provide more efficiency and effectiveness of existing policies and thereby improving the science and technology system.

The ethical actions are important because of the priority of the mission goal and their close relationship with social progress and development. Therefore, the purpose of this research is the identification and social analysis of these types of actions among the verses of revelation and it deals with the effect of ethical actions in the production of social capital in the process of progress based on religious teachings and answers these questions based on the Quranic teachings. What impact do ethical actions (behavior) have on the formation of social progress? How do moral actions generate social capital and influence progress (development)? What coordinates, examples and dimensions does this group of actions have? What are the effects and consequences of this group of actions? Those actions that are desirable and progressive in the development of social interactions have been socially studied, analyzed and searched by using the inductive content analysis method. Honesty, trustworthiness and fulfillment of an obligation, altruism (Arabic: إیثار, self-sacrifice), asking forgiveness or istighfār (Arabic: استغفار ʾistiġfār), and forgiving others, kindness, non-violence, chastity and purity, patience and honesty and benevolent actions combined with social supervision have been discussed, which lead to sincerity, togetherness, coherence and expansion of social interactions and emotional relationships far from hatred and warm and emotional relationships and as a result, it causes the production of social capital and its improvement and will lead to the density of actions focused on purpose and excellence that are necessary for progress.

Development requires planning, policymaking and management in all stages of preparation of the vision, strategy and implementation. Attempts have been made to show that division of labor and specialization of science on the side of some philosophies involve threatening influence of technocracy on policymaking. Technocracy ultimately prevents development from moving towards the direction of public welfare. Hence, in order to have suitable indigenous development and progress, we need philosophical backgrounds as suitable contexts for possibility of criticism and reformation of policymaking.

The world is considering the great change in sphere of globalization process in 21st century in which individuals living on earth are regarded as members of a mutual political entity. Economic globalization is the most significant and conspicuous model of globalization. One of the most important issues in economic globalization process is the function of states in economic policymaking. The present research takes into consideration the effect of economic globalization on economic policymaking of states. The main hypothesis of research is that economic globalization shows a trend in depoliticization of economic policymaking.

Policymaking is a sovereignty function of the government. Scientific findings of policymaking as a field of study lead us to the micro and macro activities of the government in various areas. Universities are among the areas which are important for their roles in human development and promotion of culture, sciences and technologies and must be considered in determining patterns of policymaking. Using improper patterns in policymaking in universities may divert them from achieving their goals and impose even more difficulties on the society. Using models and modeling is among the measures presented for better understanding of factors and variables of policymaking in universities. But their success and efficiency are questionable in the present situation. The article tries to examine present policies of universities for determining amount of their enjoying benefits of the existing models and presenting a proper model for them. The findings show that the Iranian Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution, as the legal authority of policymaking for high education, has used almost all models. But the article suggests an integrative model (a contingency approach) based on combination of five models, i.e., systemic, process, rational, incremental and institutional models. Regarding the inadequacies and limitations of using the models separately, it seems that the integrative model could be efficient.