Cognitive Research in Political Studies

Cognitive Research in Political Studies

Epistemology of Security in the Chaotic Region: Signs and Processes

Document Type : Original Article

Author
ebrahim mottaghi
Professor, Political Science, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
10.20241403/CRPS.2408.1002.1.1.6
Abstract
Countries like Iran, which are located in a chaotic region, generally face security challenges. Part of these security challenges stems from environmental conflicts and confrontations with actors who are constantly trying to influence the regional balance of power. In the early years of the second decade of the 21st century, ISIS, and in 2023-2024, Israel, adopted violent policies in the regional environment, which have led to the expansion of security challenges. Since controlling these security challenges through international institutions and major powers has been absent, a chaotic point in the region has emerged. In such a situation, the Islamic Republic of Iran must use mechanisms of "geopolitical mobility," "operational will," and "tactical balance" to establish regional stability and security. This raises the question, "What are the signs of the chaotic region in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, and how can the centrifugal tendencies of actors in the chaotic region be controlled and managed?" The article’s hypothesis indicates that "the chaotic region lacks strategic logic and a security structure, and therefore, Iran must use mechanisms of geopolitical mobility, operational will, and tactical balance to control threats." To understand the realities of the chaotic environment, the approaches and thoughts of theorists like James Rosenau and Robert Kagan are employed. Each of these theorists attempted to analyze and explain the reality of the structure and behavior patterns of actors in the chaotic region in the years following the Cold War. The article is based on the "data analysis approach," which relies on signs of analyzing the behavior patterns of environmental actors and major powers.
Keywords
Chaotic region
geopolitical mobility
operational will
strategic balance
multilateralism

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Cognitive Research in Political Studies
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Summer Quarterly
Summer 2024
Pages 1-20

  • Receive Date 13 August 2024
  • Revise Date 13 September 2024
  • Accept Date 13 September 2024