Hassan noorali; Seyyed Abbas ahmadi
Abstract
So far, various theories in the field of political geography and its complementary branch, geopolitics, have been proposed by world-thinking thinkers. Ports, which are considered as politico-spatial components of coastal countries with the role of gateway geoeconomics and geostrategic defense-military, ...
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So far, various theories in the field of political geography and its complementary branch, geopolitics, have been proposed by world-thinking thinkers. Ports, which are considered as politico-spatial components of coastal countries with the role of gateway geoeconomics and geostrategic defense-military, have always been considered by these thinkers as the link between the two geographical areas of land and sea. However, they have not proposed a separate theory with the centrality of ports in the game of powers. Therefore, in this study, while examining the role of ports in theories of political geography and geopolitics, we have tried to introduce the theory of "port power" in contrast to the former land power and sea power. Therefore, these two topics constitute our main goal in this research. The present research is a kind of basic theoretical research and the information and raw materials of the analysis have been obtained by library method and by using scientific books and articles as well as authoritative or reference websites. The results of the research show that the global geopolitical order of the 21st century is moving from land power and seapower to port power, and in the future the country that controls ports will rule the world.
Hassan Noorali; Zahra Pishgahifard
Abstract
The global geopolitical order became fluid after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and we witnessed a shift in dimensions from geostrategy to economic and cultural dimensions in the last decades of the twentieth century. Meanwhile, Wallerstein's theory of geoculture and Huntington's ...
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The global geopolitical order became fluid after the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union, and we witnessed a shift in dimensions from geostrategy to economic and cultural dimensions in the last decades of the twentieth century. Meanwhile, Wallerstein's theory of geoculture and Huntington's theory of the clash of civilizations did not work out well, so we are witnessing the formation of a "geopolinomics" order in the 21st century that was previously conceptualized by "Demko and Wood" and "kazi". Using their terminology, the authors present a new theory called the "geopolinomical structure of the world system" for the 21st century, which is based on the components of economics, politics and geography. The present article is of the type of fundamental and theoretical research and the information and raw materials of the analysis are obtained by the library method and by using scientific books and articles, as well as valid or reference websites.The results show that in the modern geopolinomical order, a fragile multipolar equilibrium has been formed with the axis of the four powers of the United States, China, Russia and India, and energy and ports, along with corridors and geotransit routes are geopolinomical components. These factors have given rise to the "geographical gravity of power rivalry" in Central Asian-Eurasia as the "ecumene" of the structure.
