%0 Journal Article %T GLOBALIZATION OF URBANS AND GLOCALIZATION DIPLOMACY (CASE STUDT: URBAN DIPLOMACY) %J POLITICAL QUARTERLY %I %Z 1735-9678 %A Tohidfam, Mohammad %A Dalili, shahab %D 2016 %\ 06/21/2016 %V 46 %N 2 %P 303-321 %! GLOBALIZATION OF URBANS AND GLOCALIZATION DIPLOMACY (CASE STUDT: URBAN DIPLOMACY) %K diplomacy %K global city %K Globalization %K glocalization %K urban diplomacy %R 10.22059/jpq.2016.57933 %X In the global sphere, changes in events and their environmental relationships have a potential to effect the regions like economy, politics, and culture. The process of globalization characterized by manifestation of the universal electronic village, information revolution, compact of space and time, extension of global consciousness. In the other hand, cities also have an interrelation with the process of globalization. Today we can see the connection between global cities and metropolises. This meaningful global changes, recognized as a main cause in change diplomacy. As if, traditional diplomacy no longer able to resolves recent problems. The main question of this essay is that what is the effect of globalization on cities and political relations, and at the same time, on international relations, specially nation-state diplomacy? Finally, we argue, as a hypothesis, that diplomacy in accordance with globalization changes, in sub-national and trans-national spheres, intends to go toward the parallel diplomacies like urban diplomacy and moves to non-governmental players. %U https://jpq.ut.ac.ir/article_57933_e14a0e90c137083d26afbfeb30729828.pdf