Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish/hā-yi Rāhburdī-i Siyāsat (Sep 2019)

Future Studies on Iran's Relationships with the Persian PGCC On the horizon 1404

  • Vahid RanjbarHeydari,
  • Arsalan Ghorbani,
  • Reza Simbar,
  • Ebrahim Hajiani

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22054/qpss.2019.27026.1805
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 29
pp. 143 – 177

Abstract

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The Persian Gulf is one of the world's premier geographical areas. This region includes the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council countries plus Iran and Iraq. The study seeks to answer the question of which scenarios will be the future of the relationship between Iran and the Cooperation Council at 1404 horizons. The present study uses 5methods of futuristic research, namely, cross-impact analysis, 5 key factors; the attitude of the rulers of Iran and the Cooperation Council countries towards each other; increasing the arms and military rivalry of the member states of the Council and Iran with the aim of hegemony in The region, fears of the Shiite Crescent Celestial Theory and the Centenary Revolutionary Guards have been identified with the aim of confronting Iran and identity differences, the future of Syria, Iraq, Yemen on the relationship between Iran and the future of Iran's nuclear program. These proxies were used as the underlying factors in the Scenarios program. Finally, with multiple analyzes, including a panel of experts, out of 128 possible scenarios, 4 possible scenarios were identified: war boats, warships, passenger ships, and shipwreck. Eventually, the scenario of Warship identified as a probable scenario with a high probability of introducing the passenger ship's scenario as a preferred and desirable scenario for Iran.

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