Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.
2 Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
3 PhD student in International Relations, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
The Zange Zor Corridor is a strategic, political and economic corridor that the Republic of Azerbaijan proposed after the Second Karabakh War in 2020.Analyzing the impact of creating this corridor on the political and economic security of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the main goal of this research. The main question of the research is what effect the creation of Zange Zor Corridor has on the political and economic security and national interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran. To answer the research question, the hypothesis can be explained in this way that the creation of Zange Zor Corridor, followed by geopolitical and geo-economics changes that can be accompanied by challenges and opportunities for the Islamic Republic of Iran; But it seems that its security challenges are far more than its opportunities,. To better explain this article and equip it with a coherent framework among theories, the theory of the Copenhagen school was used and it was tried to analyze and evaluate the impact of Zange Zor Corridor on the security and national interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran by using different aspects of this theory, especially in two political and economic dimensions. This research is of a descriptive-analytical type and library sources and internet scanning have been used to collect data.
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