Opportunities and Restrictions of Strategic Cooperations of Iran and the Indian in the Global Political Economy of Energy

One of the variables which challenges the position of the states and makes them pay attention to the structure of the international system in the foreign policy decision making is the situation imposed on them by the international political economy. Therefore, the theoreticians of the political economy and International Relations, regarding the current trends in the International system, have named the 21st century, the century of Geo-economics. That is because of the fact that they believe one of the most important global challenges in this century is the competition for energy resources; moreover, the problem of energy security is among the most important issues of the political economy paradigm in this century. In this regard, International relations theorists, including Functionalists and Regionalists, suggest that the development of the economic cooperations is among the appropriate methods of creating convergence in the international relations, as well as creating peace and stability, especially among the countries in one region. Concerning this fact, the development of the strategic Cooperations between Iran and the countries of the Indian Subcontinent in the field of energy can be evaluated as a strategic move and positive step towards the provision of national interests and national security of the nations involved although it seems that such an idea will encounter serious restrictions. Investigation of this issue and different problems regarding the gas export of Iran including the Peace-Pipeline is the main purpose of the present research.