Analysis of the components of geopolitical interests and the extent of its impact on foreign relations of countries

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Esmeil Alamdar ¹
• mohammad reza hafeznia ²
• zahra ahmadypour ²
• Syrus Ahmadi Nohadani ³

¹ PhD Student in Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

² Professor of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant Professor of Political Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.2021.68297.1014

Abstract

Geopolitical knowledge, as a branch of political geography, deals with the interrelationship between geography and politics in the light of the power component. One of the basic concepts of this knowledge is the concept of geopolitical interests, which have a special place in geopolitics and international relations. has it. By identifying the influential components of this concept and the extent of their effectiveness, foreign relations between countries can be analyzed more accurately. This research is descriptive in nature and method and applied in terms of purpose. Data collection has been done through library and field studies. The validity of the questionnaire with CVR and its reliability based on Cronbach's alpha and data analysis were used by T-Test and Friedman test was used to prioritize the components. In order to examine the geopolitical interests of countries in detail in Foreign relations, these interests are divided into 8 components: political, geographical, geoeconomic, geoculture, geostrategic, ecological, cyberspace and scientific-technological. Findings showed that the study of variables of components of geopolitical interests in foreign relations with countries confirms that from the perspective of respondents in terms of frequency distribution tables of all variables with an average score of more than 3 are desirable. Also in testing the hypothesis of component variables The eight's were approved. The results show that the geographical components are in the first rank and the scientific and geoeconomic components are in the next ranks. On the other hand, the geocultural and ecological components are in the last ranks. This indicates that the value and geographical and territorial factors are at the forefront of the demands and tendencies of countries in foreign relations.

Keywords

• Geopolitical interests
• foreign relations
• geopolitics
• country