Geopolitical Explanation of the Concept and Role of "Regimes" In Geopolitical Structures

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf ¹
• Majid Gholami ²

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Political Geography, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

² Faculty of Governance, University of Tehran

https://doi.org/10.22067/pg.2023.74799.1128

Abstract

Regimes are a well-known theory in political studies and international relations that is widely used in the analysis of transnational and global phenomena. Although the concept of "power" plays a key role in the process of forming the concept of regimes, so far the scientific literature of the geopolitical field to study these phenomena has not been used, unfortunately. Accordingly, the geopolitical explanation of the concept and role of "regimes" in geopolitical structures and the introduction of this concept analysis in the field of geopolitics is the subject of this article. The main question is how to explain the structure and function of the concept of regimes with a geopolitical approach? In response to this question, using a descriptive-analytical method and using library sources, the hypothesis of the article is that “regime is a complex structure of objective and subjective agents that directly or indirectly is responsible for the political organization of the geopolitical structure. It controls the function of the structure and generates power by the spatial distribution of power among the components of this structure. In fact, regimes are the regulators of the functioning of geopolitical structures and system governance”. Findings show that mental regimes are the subject of social studies, political studies, and international relations, and in particular, are not the subject of discussion in the field of geopolitics, but they are the subject of our discussion in the field of geopolitics when they are objectified in the form of institutions and organizations and affect geographical environments.

Keywords

• Regime
• Geopolitical Structure
• Function
• Geopolitics
• Power
• Regulatory Agent

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