Geopolitical Analysis and the Geoeconomy of Iran-India Gas Pipe-line

The demand for natural gas has had the highest growth at the first decades of 21st century. Increasing economic growth of India has boosted the country's need to energy, especially the natural gas. Among other choices in the import process of natural gas, Iran- India ground pipe-line has been the focus of attention, which makes inevitable the passage of pipe-line through Pakistan. However, the problem is whether the economic cooperation among Iran, India and Pakistan will be able to solve or weaken the geopolitical challenges to the advantage of economic benefits. A descriptive-analytical approach has been used to answer this question.The results indicate that geopolitical achievements and geo-economy of Iran, India and Pakistan in the construction of the pipe-line are not the same and that the economic cooperation alone cannot prevent geopolitical challenges among the three states. Therefore, insecurity is the most outstanding obstacle in the way of pipe-line in Pakistan.