Mixed analysis of factors influencing the security pattern of the West Asia region (based on the Foundation and Delphi data approach)

Abdolahi, Mohammad; Tavasoli Roknabadi, Majid; Eftekhari, Asghar

doi:10.22075/ijnaa.2024.35570.5290

Mixed analysis of factors influencing the security pattern of the West Asia region (based on the Foundation and Delphi data approach)

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Mohammad Abdolahi ¹

Majid Tavasoli Roknabadi ¹

Asghar Eftekhari ²

¹ Faculty of Law, Theology and Political Science, Research and Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

² Faculty of Islamic Studies and Political Sciences, Imam Sadiq University, Tehran, Iran

10.22075/ijnaa.2024.35570.5290

Abstract

As the connecting link between the three continents of Asia, Africa, and Europe, the West Asia region is a strategic region in the global power cycle, and its vast energy resources have made it a geostrategic and geopolitical arena. Therefore, the aim of the current research is to analyze the factors influencing the security pattern of the West Asia region (based on the Foundation and Delphi data approach). The present research uses a mixed-methods approach in two parts: qualitative and quantitative. In the qualitative part, in addition to the study of scientific documents and letters, the research method of grounded theory and interviews with 20 thinkers and experts in the security field of West Asia was used to investigate the role and scope of the influence of the factors affecting the security pattern of the region, and finally, he analyzed the final codes were analysed with the Delphi method. The findings show that contextual factors such as: the geopolitical and geoeconomics structure of the West Asian region and the regional social, economic and cultural context and background, causal factors such as: the structure of the international system and superpower conflicts and intra-regional polarization and the internal policies of the countries in the region and intervening factors including: foreign presence and hegemonic policies of great powers, especially America and European countries have influenced the way the region's security is arranged and polarized.

Keywords

security patterns

Middle East

West Asia

security

Islamic Republic

mixed approach

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