Iran's regionalism strategies in the Caucasus Against Russia based on game theory

Subject Areas : Geopolitic

mostafa hashemi ¹ , Rebaz Ghorbaninejad ² , Qiuomars Yazdanpanah Dero ³ , mohammad hassan nami ⁴

1 - Islamic Azad University , Science and Research Branch
2 - Islamic Azad University , Science and Research Branch
3 - Associate Professor, University of Tehran
4 - applied science and technology

Received: 2021-01-08 Accepted : 2021-02-28 Published : 2020-10-22

Keywords: Strategy, South Caucasus, regionalism, Game theory, Russian Federation,

Abstract :

The profound geopolitical changes in the South Caucasus have had a significant impact on relations between Iran and the three republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. The Islamic Republic of Iran has expanded political-economic cooperation with the people of the region due to its historical relations and socio-cultural ties. The active presence of regional and trans-regional actors has had a direct impact on this relationship. This study seeks to select an effective strategy to achieve Iranian regionalism in the Caucasus against Russia and to design operational strategies using game theory. The present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical and exploratory in nature, in which library and field methods including interviews with elites have been used to collect research data. the statistical population included a collection of political geography experts, officials of related organizations and relevant institutions who, in addition to collecting information, helped in other areas. In this study, an attempt is made to select an effective strategy to achieve Iranian regionalism in the Caucasus against Russia in this region. Then, the results of statistical analysis have been implemented in the form of game theory;