چکیده:
Because of the many geopolitical potentials and communicational capabilities of ECO region, members could expand the convergency based on this organization which plays a key part in development of members and expandsion of peace and security. Due to studying the effective factors of Regional Organizations (ROs), particularly those of ECO, it seems that the resultant of internal and external regional forces fails to empower ECO members’ integration, but with a review of other successful ROs, it is revealed that they have a process mechanism which strengthens convergent forces and mitigates the divergent ones with institutionalized tools and active positive diplomacy. Based on qualitative analysis conducted on desk and in interview with geopolitical experts; this study seeks to answer the question: what are the effective factors of formation and evolution of ROs in general and those of ECO in particular? The results of the research indicate that creating a regional consciousness and a common understanding of capabilities and geopolitical values in ECO region has failed to reach maturity. The structure of competition between members represents the lack of regional common understanding on these values. Despite the progress, the evolution of structural and organizational development of ECO and its essential documents; the weakness of policy to create coordination in multilateral diplomacy, the weakness of domestic political institutions, the weakness of organizational structure, especially in staff and technical expertise, and eventually incompetency of organization and human resources, especially in the Secretariat, have caused many inefficiencies and structural weaknesses in ECO.
بر اساس پتانسیلهای بالای ژئوپلیتیکی و ظرفیتهای فراوان ارتباطی منطقه اکو، اعضا میتوانند همگرایی خود را با محوریت سازمان همکاریهای اقتصادی ارتقاء داده و نقش مهمی را برای این سازمان در توسعه ملی و گسترش صلح و امنیت منطقهای تعریف نمایند. بر اساس مطالعه عوامل مؤثر بر شکلگیری و تکامل سازمانهای منطقهای، خصوصا اکو، به نظر میرسد، برایند نیروهای درون و برون منطقهای نتوانسته است در راستای تقویت همگرایی منطقهای اکو عمل کند، لیکن مرور وضعیت نیروهای همگرا و واگرا در سازمانهای منطقهای موفق بیانگر اهمیت نقش دیپلماسی چندجانبه و توانمندی نهادی سازمانهای مزبور در حلوفصل موانع همگرایی است. بر اساس تحلیلی کیفی یافتههای کتابخانهای و مصاحبه با خبرگان، متغیرهای تأثیرگذار بر همگرایی و واگرایی اعضای اکو که براساس یافتههای نظری تعریف و شاخصگذاری شده بودند مورد ارزیابی قرار گرفته است. نتایج تحقیق بیانگر این واقعیت است که نیل به خودآگاهی منطقهای و درک مشترک از ظرفیتهای و ارزشهای ژئوپلیتیکی در منطقه اکو به بلوغ نرسیده است. همچنین ساختار مناسبات و روابط بازیگران معرف فقدان درک مشترک منطقهای درباره ارزشهای مشترک است. بهرغم برخی موفقیتها در تکامل ساختار و سازمان و اسناد پایه، ضعف در نهادهای سیاسی داخلی اعضا، ضعف در ساختار سازمانی، خصوصا درباره کارمندان و کارشناسان و نیز برخی ناکارآمدهای سازمانی، بهویژه در دبیرخانه موجب فقدان کارایی متناسب و ضعفهای ساختاری در اکو شده است.
خلاصه ماشینی:
of Political Geography, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran Dr. Seyed Mohammd Kazem Sajjadpour- Full Professor oflntemational Relation, Department of Diplomacy and International Organizations of School of International Relations, Tehran Received: 06/11/2019 Accepted: 22/11/2018 Abstract Because of the many geopolitical potentials and communicational capabilities of ECO region, members could expand the convergency based on this organization which plays a key part in development of members and expandsion of peace and security.
The definitions associated with ROs are common concepts in the region such as national states' will, creation of new institutions and structures of power, a level of peaceful interaction and the growing interdependence; common human and environmental geography, cultural, social and historical ties; emerging sense of shared identity, and the tendency to create the appearance of new functional structures, rules and regulations for shared decision-making, creating and expanding the functional interaction networks that indicate the need to emphasize these concepts in order to achieve the main objectives of the study (De Lombaerde & Van Langenhove, 2007).
System-Based Approaches During the Cold War, the international system could be considered the main result of the factors affecting the formation and evolution of ROs. From a constructivist point of view, the existence of a structural interactive dependence is superior to geographical neighboring or strategic interest completion for creating a regional convergency (Grosser.