Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Maritime Commissar, Imām Khomeini Maritime Science University, Noshahr, Iran.
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. PhD in Public International Law, Middle East Strategic Studies Research Institute, Tehran, Iran.
10.22124/gscaj.2024.24182.1226
Abstract
Sea-oriented development has been one of the concepts proposed in the last few decades by maritime development theorists. In fact, sea-oriented development is a general concept that includes all sea-oriented capacities. This concept is especially important for Iran as a maritime country, and it is a shortcut to development for this country. In this study, the sea-oriented development pathology of the Persian Gulf and the Makran Sea was analyzed using the descriptive analytical method. This research shows that the beaches of Makran and a large part of the coasts of the Persian Gulf have remained untouched and have been neglected from the point of view of development components. This is if the potential capacity of these beaches can be turned into the actual capacity by expanding the investment and creating the necessary development infrastructures and providing the development of the region. Also, these beaches are very important in various areas of sea-oriented development, such as the settlement of a part of the population of the central and low-water plateau of Iran, under the condition of creating new coastal cities, development of marine transportation, production of marine energy, raw materials and marine minerals, and marine tourism. In addition to paying attention to the potential and actual capacities, the reasons for the lack of development of these areas also help to facilitate the sea-oriented development and understand the conditions. In general, the lack of sea-oriented development in these areas is due to the lack of a sea-oriented development plan, lack of capital attraction, especially foreign investment. This situation, in turn, is caused by primary factors such as international and unilateral sanctions and failure to join the special financial action group and follow its recommendations; and secondary factors such as Iran's permanent membership in the World Trade Organization and joining and strengthening international networks centered on the Persian Gulf and Makran Sea. The importance of removing the above obstacles is important for the entry of technology into Iran. The introduction of new technologies, in turn, can facilitate sea-oriented development. The possibility of Iran's development through sea-oriented development, especially by relying on the Persian Gulf and the Makran Sea, is more feasible and potential than other ways. Therefore, resolving regional and international disputes and reducing the level of tension in order to remove unilateral and international sanctions, Iran's membership in the World Trade Organization and strengthening the corridors centered on Iran, and joining the special financial action group and following the 40 recommendations of this organization are effective.
Highlights
- Sea-oriented development is one of the concepts raised in the last few decades.
- This concept is especially important for maritime countries and it is a shortcut to development for such countries.
- Iran is also one of the maritime countries, and the Persian Gulf and the Makrān Sea are among its most important maritime areas.
- The importance of the Persian Gulf and the Makrān Sea from a strategic, economic and logistic point of view is very high, especially in various areas of sea-oriented development.
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