Iran-Central Asia regionalism in the shadow of globalaization: an outline for regional international society

Regionalization-globalization link has been investigated by thinkers in recent years. Central Asia is among regions which have regional-integration potential. Collapsing USSR and independence of Central-Asia countries could be imagined as a new era subjecting them to globalizing processes. Meanwhile, Iran has accessed appropriate opportunity to develop her relationships with Central-Asia countries. The article aims to study potentials of Iran and the countries in the deepening of their relations under the regional international society. Main question is how Iran and Central Asian could constitute a regional international society. It is assumed that they could constitute the society based on their historical integrations and increasing functional relationships. It seems that English School theory could be explaining in the case examined here. According to the theory, there are contrasting views of how an international society comes into being. Wight believes that an international society ‘will not come into being without a degree of cultural unity among its members.’ On the other hand, Bull assumes ‘a minimal desire for order’ is a basic requirement for international society. Lastly, regarding the cultural-historical relations between Iran and Central-Asia countries in one hand, and their increasing functional-economic interactions on the other hand, there are some grounds forming a regional international society.