Political Economy of China's New Silk Road And Iran's Interdependence

Subject Areas : International Relations

sepideh mohammadi ¹ , mokhtar Salehi ²

1 - M.A. in international relations
2 - assistant professor at university of mazandaran

Received: 2021-09-14 Accepted : 2022-09-16 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: ", New Silk Road Initiative", interdependence", China', s Development", 25 year Cooperation Agreement ", , ", Iran,

Abstract :

The New Silk Road Initiative, as a China's development model and project, has absorbed and involved many countries and governmental and non-governmental organizations across the world to cooperate with that. This project intends to expand the cooperation between the continents and creates the necessary infrastructure of the regional and global cooperation based on economic, political and cultural dimensions. Iran could have an important role in this project because of its geo-strategic and geo-economic position. The main question of this research is that what effects does this strategy have on Iran's development and its relation with china? Hypothetically, it seems that due to the Iran's look to the east and its economic and political prospects, the relation of both countries is going to be expanded towards Interdependence although it is predicted that this cooperation might be asymmetrical in favor of china's grand strategy. The viewpoint of this Paper is Based on Interdependence theory. Methodically, the research design is descriptive and analytical. According to the research findings, in the absence of an appropriate strategy in the way Iran cooperates with China, the nature of this plan may change from the level of symmetric interdependence to asymmetric interdependence in the interests of China.