The consequences and Geo-Economical effects of the development of the Gwadar port and the Chabahar port on each other

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Omidali Asadi ¹ , Ali Akbar Amini ² , Mansour Tajeri ³

1 - . Ph.D. Student in Political Science, Azad University, Zahedan Branch,
2 - . Ph.D. in Political Science, Assistant Professor of Political Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch, (corresponding author), [e-mail]
3 - Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Political Studies, Azad University, Zahedan Branch

Received: 2019-03-03 Accepted : 2019-03-11 Published : 2018-12-22

Keywords: Chabahar, Port, Gwadar Port, Geo-Economic, Belt-Way Project,

Abstract :

Of the 3 international transport corridors, which UN experts predict for transportation between the Far East and the other points of the world, 2 corridors pass through Iran, and the Chabahar port is one of the main crossroads of the south corridor of world trade. Due to its strategic position and access to international free waters, Chabahar has a special place in exchanges between Iran and elsewhere. But the main competitor, or indeed, the neighboring port of Chabahar, is the Gwadar port of Pakistan, at the tip of the southwest of Pakistan on the Gulf Coast Gulf in the Oman Sea. Gwadar port found significant strategic value in India-Pakistan competition. China, as a global emerging power, is investing in strategic spheres, such as Gwadar, in order to connect Europe and exploit the North-South Corridor, So that it can continue to excel in the global economy. With the investment of China, at the port of Gwadar, most likely based on the economy and trade in the region, a new game will take shape, which will have implications for the region, including the Chabahar port of Iran. Considering this issue, this research deals with the descriptive-analytical method and library and documentary studies to study the geo-economical characteristics of the Chabahar and Gwadar ports. The research findings show, given the geographic and functional characteristics of the regions, the development of Chabahar is not going to weaken Gwadar, but faster development of Gwadar means weakening and even destroying Chabahar.