Explaining the factors affecting the pattern of geopolitical relations in the Middle East region

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Saif GHasem Mohammad Almohsin ¹

Mohsen Janparvar ²

Hadi Zarghani ³

Ali Mohammadpour ⁴

¹ PhD student in Political Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

² Assistant Professor of Political Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

³ Associate Professor of Political Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

⁴ Assistant Professor of Political Geography, Malek Ashtar University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.2024.86725.1271

Abstract

The Middle East is a complex, changing and evolving geopolitical region. A region with outstanding geopolitical and geostrategic potentials and capacities, which has presented numerous and different scenarios to regional and extra-regional actors. The scenes of the game where insecurity and tension are prominent and relations of influence, dominance and confrontation have priority over other forms. According to these conditions of the region, understanding the basic components that shape geopolitical relations in the region is important and prominent. Based on this, the current research has been carried out with descriptive and analytical methods, with the aim of understanding the basic geopolitical components that shape relations in the Middle East region and designing a pattern of geopolitical relations. The examination of various theories and viewpoints in the first step shows that the most important components affecting the pattern of geopolitical relations in Kharomianeh region include 40 geopolitical components which can be divided into four dimensions of geopolitical components: basic nature, basic human, combined and artificial. In the second step, the components were provided to the thinkers and experts for comment and were confirmed through the T-test. These geopolitical components, directly and indirectly, have been able to shape the pattern of interactive, confrontational, influence, dominance and competition geopolitical relations in the Middle East region, and on the other hand, they have been abused by regional and extra-regional actors to achieve their goals and interests. It has been used in line with tense relations and conflicts in the Middle East region.

Keywords

Geopolitics

geopolitical component

geopolitical relations

Middle East region

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