Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Associate Professor of Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 PhD Candidate of International Relations, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Asia as a vast continent is facing new developments. Regional and trans-regional players have proposed some new initiatives in order to secure their own interests in different parts of the continent. American plan of the New Silk Road, American pivot to Asia, and New Architecture Building plans designed by the United States and the European Union, are the recent trans-regional plans, and the One Belt – One Road Initiative as well as the Asian Architecture Building are the regional ones. The authors, besides scrutinizing two versions of a Silk Road strategy (proposed by the United States and China), address this main question: Which plan meets the interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran?
The authors also address this secondary question that what is the weight of Iran in Chinese Belt – Road Initiative. The authors argue that due to considering Iran’s fundamental and axis role, the Belt – Road Initiative is capable of securing geostrategic, economic and security interests of Islamic Republic of Iran. This literature leads to the conclusion that Iran’s activeness defines its position in the Belt – Road Initiative. The Copenhagen School builds the theoretical framework of this literature.
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