İran, Ortadoğu ve Uluslararası Güvenlik

Year 2009, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 27 - 39, 14.07.2016

Kayhan Barzegar

Abstract

Bu makale İran’ın uluslararası güvenlik sisteminde ve Ortadoğu’daki mevcut durumunun
önemini incelemektedir. 9/11 sonrasında Ortadoğu’daki politik-güvenlik
ve jeopolitik gelişmeler ile Irak’taki krizle birlikte, Ortadoğu meseleleri, bölgenin gü-
venlik sistemini uluslararası güvenlik sistemine bağlayarak giderek birbiriyle daha
da ilişkili hale getirmiş, hararetli bir uluslararası tartışmaya dönüştürmüştür. Buna
ilaveten, Ortadoğu’daki son gelişmeler, bölgenin güç dengesini İran lehine değiş-
tirerek, İran’ın bölgesel rolünü ve bölgedeki olaylardaki pazarlık gücünü artırmasıyla
sonuçlanmıştır. Yazar, bu durumun İran’ın doğal jeopolitik özelliklerinin, ayrıca ulusal
gücünün kültürel ve ideolojik unsurlarının, bölgesel politik-güvenlik gelişmelerin
sonucunun ve bunu takiben uluslararası güvenliğe karşı oluşan tehditlerin doğasının
yeniden tanımlanmasının ortaya çıkmasının bir sonucu olduğunu belirtiyor. Bu
şekilde İran, Ortadoğu güvenliği ve uluslararası güvenlik arasında önemli bir bağlantı noktası olmuştur. Yazar son olarak, İran’ın şu anki durumdan maksimum fayda
sağlaması ve bölgede stratejik konumunu geliştirmesi gerektiğini belirtmektedir

Keywords

Ortadoğu Güvenliği, Küresel Güvenlik, İran Jeopolitiği, Şii Etkeni, 9/11, El Kaide Terörü, Bölgesel Krizler

Iran, the Middle East, and International Security

Abstract

This article investigates the importance of Iran’s current position in the Middle East and in the international security system. With post-9/11 political-security and geopolitical developments in the Middle East and the crisis in Iraq, Middle East issues have become more interconnected and heated international debate, connecting the region’s security system to the international security system. In addition, recent developments in the Middle East have changed the balance of the region’s power structure in favor of Iran, consequently increasing Iran’s regional role and its bargaining power in the region’s affairs. The author examines that this situation is the result of Iran’s inherent geopolitical features, as well as cultural and ideological elements of its national power, the outcome of regional political-security developments, and, subsequently, the emergence of a new definition of the nature of threats against international security. As such, Iran has become an important connection between Middle East security and international security. The author concludes that Iran should take the utmost advantage of the current situation and strengthen its strategic position in the region

Keywords

Middle East Security, Global Security, Iran’s Geopolitics, Shiite Factor, 9/11, Al Qaeda Terrorism, Regional Crises

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