Explaining Regional Integration Pattern (Case: Southwest Asia)

Subject Areas : Geopolitic

samere yaghobi ¹ , Ezzatollah ezzati ² , Ebrahim romina ³

1 - PhD Student in Political Geography, Department of Geography, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2018-09-13 Accepted : 2020-04-25 Published : 2019-10-23

Keywords: integration, Southwest Asia, regional integration,

Abstract :

Southwest Asia countries engage in many political, cultural, religious, economic and ideological challenges; these countries lack a comprehensive regional structure and, hence, are unable to take a step to resolve the created conflicts and challenges. Functions of a comprehensive regional structure aimed at resolving the conflicts and challenges in Southwest Asia is the main problem of this research. the required research data were collected using both the library and field methods. Descriptive-analytical and one sample t-test approaches were used for the library and field methods respectively. Based on the population of the research, the findings of the research indicate that factors such as the confrontation of the countries with natural hazards like ultrafine dust and environmental pollution, the formation of regional organizations such as the Islamic Conference, etc, the access of the most countries of the region to international waters, joint cooperation of Iran, Iraq and Turkey to counter the Kurdistan region's separatist actions, visa waiver and tariff cuts are the most important bases for achieving integration in Southwest Asia.