Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
Due to the geopolitical power vacuum resulted by the collapse of the Soviet Union in Central Eurasia, the region developed to one of the most important areas of geopolitical rivalry between regional and ultra- regional actors. Among the regional actors are Russia, Turkey and Iran have special geopolitical interests in the region. Nowadays, the real aspect of the geopolitical rivalry between these actors can be observed in their geopolitical approaches to their integration with the region.
According to the results of this research, several integrations are forming: Central Eurasia under Russia; Turkish speaking countries under Turkey; and Persian speaking ones under Iranian leadership. According to some evidences, the Eurasian and Turkish integration processes have almost reached to their geopolitical evolution points and are currently in the process of developing to a regional organization. The Persian speaking integration, however, is in its preliminary step and the Iranian influence in the region is expected to be diminished with the start of the two new Russian and Turkish regional organizations. Using a descriptive-analytical and comparative study of the status and potentials of the Eurasian and Turkish integrations with that of Persian one, the article attempts to present an outlook for Iranian possible challenges versus the new integrations in Central Eurasia.
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