Regionalism and Peace Making in the world with Emphasis on the Persian Gulf

Subject Areas : Urban and Regional Planning Studies

reza simbar ¹ ( عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد رشت )

Received: 2006-03-30 Accepted : 2006-06-15 Published : 2006-05-22

Keywords: Regionalism, Regional peace, Regional space, Regional complex,

Abstract :

In the past decades, the concept of regionalism has been discussed among both academics and policy makers. This paper studies the relation between regional structure and peacemaking. How regionalism can contribute to global peace in geographical macro- regions. As a framework for analysis, the paper presents five different levels of regionalism and analyses their effects on peace- making in the second part of the paper, the argument has been focused on the Persian Gulf as a case study.