More than two thousand years ago, a famous Chinese envoy, Zhang Qian, of the Han Dynasty explored the Silk Road lying across the Asian-European nations...
Believing that dialogue among cultures is an important prerequisite for Asian unity, Iran took on the establishment of the Cultural Coordination Center of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD). Being strategically located on the world map and due to its geopolitical importance, superpowers would like to have it under their hegemony. I am sure that if all the geopolitical factors and elements in Asia come together then the center for making decisions and mantle of leadership of the world would shift from Europe and America to Asia. If that happens the whole international system will change, and this change will surely dampen the spirit of expansionism. Therefore, they will try their best to mobilize all their sources to prevent this from happening.