Soft power Studies

Geopolitical territories and the dimensions of the sphere of soft influence of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the homogeneous geographical spaces surrounding the West Asian region in the geopolitical transition.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Mohammad Reza Kamali 1
fazlallah nozari 2
fatallah tavasoli 2

1 National Defense University

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Abstract
This research has been done with the aim of determining geopolitical territorialization and its dimensions for the Islamic Republic of Iran in homogeneous geographical spaces and geopolitical transition. The research method is descriptive-analytical with quantitative-qualitative (mixed) approach. The statistical population includes experts, experts and specialists in the field of strategy and geopolitics, especially in the West Asia region, at the level of the armed forces, state institutions and academic centers, numbering 60 people. The data collection tool is a 47-question questionnaire. To analyze quantitative data, descriptive and inferential statistics from frequency distribution tables, one-sample Student's t-test and means test were used. The results of the research showed that the soft geopolitical territories of Iran's sphere of influence in the surrounding homogeneous geographical spaces and in the geopolitical transition include the countries of Lebanon, Iraq, Palestine, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria, and its dimensions include religious, political, security, and intellectual territorialization. It is social and cultural.

Keywords

Territorialization
geopolitics
homogeneous geographical spaces
relations and cooperation of countries

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