Geoeconomic relations (geopolitical economy) of Iran- India and its convergence and divergence factor

Subject Areas : Geopolitic

Alireza mehrabi ¹ , ghasem abbasianfard ² , Sourosh Nick manesh ³

1 - Associate Professor of Political Geography, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Master of Political Geography, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Master of Accounting, Northern Strategic University, Rasht, Iran

Received: 2022-07-10 Accepted : 2022-07-30 Published : 2022-05-22

Keywords: Islamic Republic of Iran, North Indian Ocean, Economic Policy, geopolitics,

Abstract :

Indian Ocean as a Facilitator of world trade and free flow of energy has a special geopolitical role and its sides meet at the intersection of the major terrestrial axes that connect East Asia and South Asia and Etc it connects to Africa,Europe and India.Iran and India are two important countries in the region, and throughout history theyhave had close relationships with each other. Therefor, the geoeconomics of these two countries have a special relationship with each other it is ipmportant to investigating and recognizing the factors affecting it. In forthcoming reaserch, wich is of a fundmental nature and seek to find the facts and recognizing arising from the interaction of geography, economics and politics and using interpretive-analytical method in reaserch, we have studied the effect of Iran's political geography on economic relations with the countries of the Indian subcontinent and the case of India has been studied on a case-by-case basis. By studing the most important activities in the subject mentione wich is on of the important isues of foregn policy and international organizations and also, since the level of relations with foreign goverments and international organizations is one of the symbols of a country's development, in the present study, the relationship between Iran and India economic relations with Iran's geostrategic position and convergent and divergent factors affecting the economic development of the two countries has been discussed. The results of this study indicate that Iran can be a link between Central Asian countries and the Caucasus with India subcontinent and we are expected to see a significant increase is the convergence between Iran and India subcontinent, and in particular India.