Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract Archeology is the art and science of recognizing the cultures and civilizations of the past by studying the material data left over from the past that are discovered in scientific excavations of prehistoric (historical) hills and sites or in field studies. National security is also the ability of a nation to protect its internal values (territorial integrity, military power, political system, cultural context, economic structure, national solidarity) against external threats and is sustained when all the elements that form security in a way To grow continuously and in the national interest. The issue of the present article is the role of archeology in strengthening national security. Therefore, the authors have tried to present a conceptual model to show that archeology strengthens national security by discovering the elements and components of the ancient and historical civilization of a nation, through strengthening national identity, nationalism and national solidarity

Abstract In the last century, modern nation – building caused two main cultural challenges in the third words and developing countries: religiousness v. secularism and cultural and ethnic identification v. cultural and linguistic assimilation. Like the other non – western countries were experienced exotic modernization follow from the westernization and agency modernization based on state – oriented, Iranian society was faced with two problems mentioned above. So it is necessary to new policy for them and strategic managing this ethnic and cultural diversity so that in this policy would be appearing national solidarity and integration stimuli, structurally and durably. In this respect, it would be pay attention on replacing citizenship right and definition of national identity based upon unitary exactly plurality with denying the cultural and ethnic diversity.