جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "منطقه منا" در نشریات گروه "علوم سیاسی"

The strategic position of the Middle East and North Africa region in connection with the three Mediterranean seas, the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, together with the presence of rich hydrocarbon reserves, the consumption market and the capacity to attract profitable investments in its infrastructure, has directed the attention of emerging powers specially China to the mentioned region. China's political economy is encountered with the large capacity of surplus capital and the need to export it, the accumulation of industrial production, the need to access consumption markets and energy sources. On the other hand, following the accumulation of economic power, China seeks to develop political-ideational influence in different regions and in the context of global power competition. The result of this important approach is the development and stabilization of China's power in the structures of the global political economy in general and in the MENA region in particular as the main agenda of the political economy of this country's foreign policy. In the current research, the question is addressed, what is the position of Mena in China's political economy and how is this country's approach to the mentioned region? The research hypothesis is designed based on the political economy approach in such a way that China's orientation towards the MENA region is a manifestation of this country's three lateral economic, political and cultural approach to power in the global political economy. The present research tries to go beyond the existing reductionist analyzes about China's interactions in the MENA region.

Since the early 1990s, China has moved its energy supply to develop and expand cooperation with countries in the MENA region. The country also intensified its cooperation with the countries of the MENA region in 2004 by establishing the Arab-Chinese Cooperation Forum. China's economic presence in the MENA region is growing. The main question of the article is how will the Chinese military-security presence in the MENA region increase? The paper hypothesizes that China's growing economic presence and investment require a military presence to secure it. Findings show that increasing China's interests in the MENA region (maintaining energy security, protecting half a million citizens and investment companies) will be the main reason for the increase in China's security-military presence and influence in the MENA region. By applying the theory of realism and descriptive-analytical method, the relevant issues will be tried and examined. The documentary method will also be the basis for collecting material in this article.

 The purpose of this Paper is to examine how the European Union, through its neighborly policy based on normative power, transfers European norms and values to Islamic countries in the south and east of the Mediterranean and Europeanizes them, and what are the consequences of these actions? The analytical framework for examining the subject of the article is normative power theory and the research method used is the descriptive-analytical method. Also, the method of data collection is the method of libraries in which various sources including books, articles, documents, comments of relevant officials, etc. have been studied and the relevant data has been collected. European UnionIn order to ensure security and stability for itself and to prevent the emergence of new dividing lines between Europe and neighboring countries and to strengthen relations with non-member countries which have a strategic role to play in reorganizing the EU's geopolitical and economic power, by Neighborhood policy, through the conditionalizing of bilateral relations or through regional initiatives with the southern and eastern Mediterranean countries, forces them to move in the direction of their desired values and norms in the political, economic, cultural and social spheres, which is the essence of the Europeanization process. The Europeanization of Islamic countries in the south and east of the Mediterranean through the EU's neighborhood policy has consequences such as diminishing political Islam in the region, transforming Islamic values, normalizing regional relations with the Zionist regime, overshadowing the Palestinian as one of the most central issue among Islamic countries, the deterioration of economic cooperation between Islamic countries is followed by the integration of the countries of the region in the single European market.

Nobody could imagine that Buazizi’s self-immolation in Tunisia would usher in a huge crisis in political power in the Middle East and North Africa. The crisis enlarged with the passage of time, being referred to as the Arab Spring, Arab revolutions, Islamic awakening, human awakening and so on. The main theme of the crisis included people’s opposition to their country’s political structure as well as objection to the values offered by their government. Violent reaction by the Arab governments to popular demands further exacerbated people’s confrontation with the Arab regimes, becoming a turning point in the regional balance of power. The rapid pace of developments in the Middle East and North Africa made the large actors of the international system concerned about the consequences for their own interest in this strategically important region. For this reason, a group of domestic, regional and international players became involved in such developments. In this paper, the authors seek to explain the causes of the crisis in the region, drawing upon Michael Brecher’s model.

This paper deals with the quality of interaction between the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) living world and the process of globalization and cultural imperialism, as well as their repercussions. On this basis, the conditions of this region are studied in terms of such topics and factors as cyber cultural imperialism, world political economy system and expansion of global governance. According to the author, MENA cultural policies indeed constitute various forms of the interface between non-Western living worlds and the West. As different interpretations of political Islam have taken shape in the West, various cultural strategies have emerged in the Islamic living world, too.