| Abstrakt: |
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan; The number of coastal countries of the Caspian Sea increased. Along with this fact, the assumption that the importance of regions in international politics has increased after the end of the bipolar system, has provided the conditions for the emergence of a new region in international politics called the Caspian Sea region. The Caspian Sea region due to the presence of huge energy reserves and being located at the point of connection between the two continents of Asia and Europe; It becomes more important day by day. The interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is one of the important members of this new region, are strongly dependent on the pattern governing the region and its security issues. Therefore, this research seeks to answer the fundamental question: what model governs the Caspian Sea region and its security issues? In response to this question; By using the literature of modern regionalism and the framework of Regional Security Complexes and the two-step exploratory hybrid research method, the indicators of this theory are evaluated in the studied region and then using the concept of dependence. Security interdependence, in two dimensions of security conflict (negative aspect of security interdependence) and security cooperation (positive aspect of security interdependence), issues for developing research tools (questionnaire) are counted. Then, in the quantitative phase of the research, the questionnaires are evaluated by a statistical sample of 49 experts in this field, so that at the end, using the obtained results, the pattern governing the Caspian Sea region and its security issues will be determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
