Strategic Place of the Caspian Reserves in the Iranian Marine Security

Abstract

Over the past two decades, climate change and rising water consumption have faced many of the world's regions with a freshwater crisis. The data available about our country, also due to the change in the climate and inefficiency of the current consumption pattern, suggests that the security of the country and hence the national security of the country will henceforth be linked to each other. However, our country has the capacity to reduce existing concerns in the management of consumption patterns. The Caspian Sea is one of these capacities. The present study is based on the assumption that using the reserve of the Caspian Sea could increase the country's water security. The methodology of research based on the argumentative approach and the research methodology has a descriptive-analytical character and its information has been gathered by a library method. The findings of the research showed that the favorable conditions of the geographical environment of the Caspian Sea, along with the water needs of the country, has made the use of this reservoir a strategic option. Active diplomacy, legal framework, the use of national security thinkers and environmental assessments are among the most important requirements for the use of the strategic reserve of the Caspian Sea.

Keywords

• environmental security
• water security
• iran and the caspian sea