Structural Modeling of Independence Factors of Separatist Regions and Their Impact on Promotion of Movements
Subject Areas : Geopolitic
Delshad
khezri
1
(PhD Graduate of Political Geography, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
zahra
pishghahi
2
(Full Professor of Political Geography, University of Tehran)
Ezzatolla
Ezzati
3
(Associate Professor of Political Geography, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: Independence, Self-awareness, Path analysis, Separatism, Geopolitical regions,
Abstract :
Abstract The world’s political map has under gone many changes since 1648 when, under the Treaty of Westphalia, great European powers officially recognized each state’s sovereignty over its own territory. In the twenty-first century, geopolitical thoughts and developments will be centered around ethnicities and nationalities, as we are already witnessing the growth of independence-seeking movements in separatist regions of different geopolitical areas. The present study aimed to investigate and propose an operational model for the factors influencing the independence of separatist regions and its impact on self-awareness and the rise of separatist movements. The present research was a descriptive-analytical survey in which the data were collected through desk and field studies and then were analyzed using path analysis in LISREL. The results showed that political 80/48, military-security 78/34, and territorial factors 74/62, geo-economics 60/07, geopolitics 55/12, geoculture 50/76, and hydro-politics 47/38, respectively, had the most significant relationship with the independence of separatist regions. There was also a significant relationship between the independence of such regions and self-awareness and the rise of separatist movements.The results of model fit indices, indicated that the proposed model was well fitted with the sample data and was closely related to theoretical assumptions.
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