1- Professor of International Relations, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran, Mazandaran Province-Babolsar-Shahid Zolfaghari Boulevard-Mazandaran University Campus , A.jafari@umz.ac.ir
2- Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran, Mazandaran Province-Babolsar-Shahid Zolfaghari Boulevard-Mazandaran University Campus
2- Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran, Mazandaran Province-Babolsar-Shahid Zolfaghari Boulevard-Mazandaran University Campus
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| The South Caucasus is a semi-mountainous region located between the Caspian and Black Seas which has always enjoyed a geopolitical and geostrategic position throughout history. The conflicts between the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the South Caucasus, which led to remove the seizure of the disputed territory of Karabakh by the Republic of Azerbaijan, have made it difficult to reach a lasting peace in the South Caucasus due to some fundamental differences such as how to access Nakhchivan region. The Republic of Azerbaijan wants unhindered extraterritorial access, which Armenia and Iran strongly oppose due to the severance of land communication between the two countries and the creation of a geopolitical bottleneck. Given the importance of the South Caucasus and the impressionability of Iranian policies from any geopolitical changes and developments in the region, the present study, using a descriptive-analytical method, seeks to answer the question: "What strategies has the Iranian foreign policy apparatus adopted since the beginning of the conflicts to manage the post-Karabakh war developments in order to prevent any border changes and becoming it into a lasting geopolitical bottleneck?" The result of research show that the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been a combination of declaring a firm position in oppositing to any border changes and while avoiding tension and increasing cooperation in order to prevent any change in the geopolitical situation to the detriment of Iran's interests, especially in the North-South Corridor. These policies have been pursued at various economic, military, and political levels in interactions with the Republic of Azerbaijan and Armenia. |
Type of Study: Research |
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Political geography
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