Abstract

Problem statement: After dissolution of Soviet Union, both of political geography system and dominance ideational structure have deconstructed in central Asia region. In year of 1979 with revolution, Iranian actors was accepted the Islamic republic system in their country, so new actors, structure and exigencies were revealed in Iran and central Asia relations, that cause create new challenges in confronting of Islamic republic of Iran government. Our fundamental question in this research is that: How geopolitical constructs have constituted confronting challenges for Islamic republic of Iran in Central Asia region? Approach: Therefore in this study we tried to explain the question in geographical framework and constructivism approach (on ground as constructivism geography). We had utilized qualitative research method and hermeneutic-positivist procedure in this study. As attention implicated question, the purpose of this article is understand challenges how constitute in reason of geopolitical constructs. Results: Differences in geopolitical constructs, between Iran and countries of central Asia region and also being harmonious construct, these countries with the present actors in the region, has caused an opposition in regional anarchic system between IRI and these countries in region and actors in the region and also form of distribution of capabilities between actors which has caused challenges for IRI. Conclusion: For following its goals against, high level fruition enemies of IRI like USA, Israel and Russian, China competitors from distribution of capabilities in national and international caused many challenges and double-deficiency for IRI.

Highlights

  • After ending of cold war, world geopolitical map changed in Central Asia, Caucasia and Eastern Europe region

  • New autonomous republics were appearing in central Asia that was parts of Soviet Union, which were different from the former political units of Soviet Union

  • With consideration to these changes, it is necessary for us to present an analysis of Islamic Republic of Iran relations with the central Asia countries by survey and understanding geopolitical constructs in the region, we have exhibited to understand confronting challenges in this region through geographical framework and constructivism approach

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INTRODUCTION

After ending of cold war, world geopolitical map changed in Central Asia, Caucasia and Eastern Europe region. Russia, the remainder of Soviet Union has attended to the arena as an identified actor with new identity, agency, ideational and structure With consideration to these changes, it is necessary for us to present an analysis of Islamic Republic of Iran relations with the central Asia countries by survey and understanding geopolitical constructs in the region, we have exhibited to understand confronting challenges in this region through geographical framework and constructivism approach. From all above and the analysis we did about geopolitical facts, it's obvious that Islamic Republic of Iran has faced many challenges with countries in central Asia region and other regional and interregional actors in hard spectrum, USA and Israel and in soft spectrum China and Russia and that because of the differences between ideational structures between Iran and central Asia and actors This difference in ideational structures has caused constitution of an opposite between ideal anarchic systems of IRI and dominated anarchic system of the region. For following its goals against, high level fruition enemies of IRI like USA, Israel and Russian, China competitors from distribution of capabilities in national and international caused many challenges and double-deficiency for IRI

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