Applying the political economy approach to analyze geopolitical crises and achieve regional convergence in the Middle East

Subject Areas : Political philosophy of the Islamic Revolution

Ismail Makrami ¹ , Haider Lotfi ² , Majid Wali Shariat Panahi ³ , Ali Asghar Ismailpour Roshan ⁴

1 - Department of Political Geography, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
2 - Department of Political Geography, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
3 - Department of Political Geography, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Garmsar, Iran
4 - Department of Political Geography, Yadgar Imam Khomeini (RA) - Shahrari Unit, Islamic Azad University, Shahr Ray, Iran.

Received: 2023-06-14 Accepted : 2023-08-07 Published : 2023-07-23

Keywords: Middle East, Crisis, Copenhagen School, geopolitical crises,

Abstract :

The Middle East is a crisis-prone region in various political, military, social, cultural and, of course, economic dimensions. Naturally, many researches have been done on these crises and their explanations from different angles. The main goal of the current research is to analyze and investigate the economic and political characteristics of geopolitical crises in the Middle East from the point of view of political geography experts. The research question is, what are the most important political economic characteristics of geopolitical crises in the Middle East from the point of view of political geography experts? This research is applied in terms of purpose and exploratory in terms of nature, and in terms of results, it is developmental research. In order to identify the characteristics of geopolitical crises in the Middle East, the meta-analysis method will be used from the results of 13 researches identified in Iran. The meta-analysis results of these researches will lead to the identification of geopolitical crises in the Middle East.