Identification and prioritization of geopolitical factors effective on the local security by using Multi Criteria Decision Making technique( MCDM)

Abstract

Geopolitical science, due to the establishment of a great relationship between the policy, power and geography, can be considered as the knowledge of supplying security at different levels, that in addition to playing role at different international, regional and national levels, has effective role at the local security level. The current study was performed with the aim of identifying and prioritizing the effective geopolitical factors on the local security by using Multi Criteria Decision Making Technique ( MCDM) and tries to answer the main question that "what are the effective geopolitical factors on the local security? And the secondary question that what priority have the effective geopolitical factors on local security of each other? To answer these questions, the geopolitical factors were studied in 6 groups and 49 sub groups. This research was performed by descriptive-surveying method and its statistical society were the academic elites who were familiar with the concept of national security which were selected by cluster random sampling method. For gathering data, the researcher made questionnaire was used that Cronbach's Coefficient Alpha is equal to 0.966 and for data analysis , Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Kolmogorov Smirnov and one sample T-test were used and also for factors' prioritizing, AHP and TOPSIS method were used that their main findings are as the following: natural , political, security, economical, social and cultural factors as the effective geopolitical factors on the local security are prioritized as the following: Economical, political, social, cultural, security, and natural factors

Keywords

• geopolitics
• geopolitical factors
• security
• local security
• effective geopolitical factors on the local security