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 Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, the strategic culture of resistance has dominated Iran's strategic goal and foreign policy preference. Iran is a revisionist country that lacks decisive military and economic dominance in its proximity abroad, as two such pillars have emerged to support and export their culture of strategic resistance. These are adaptive resistance (pragmatism) and designed redundancy (denial and isolation). These two resistance issues provide content and structure for campaigns. Their strategic influence, where "strategic influence is the use of the elements of national power - diplomatic, military, economic, with and through information - to shape the informational and operational environment in order to shape and erode the will of the enemy... This 'new' way of war is based on building narratives, the activation of identities, the recruitment of representatives and the disorientation of targets through the use of information for strategic purposes." Strategic influence is the way in which elements of the culture of strategic resistance are carried out near Iran abroad. In order to combat and defeat strategic influence campaigns, it is necessary to understand both the strategic cultural factors at work and the strategic influence campaigns that Iran operates. To purchase the book click here .