Investigating the role of ethnic identity on the security of the borders of the Islamic Republic of Iran مقاله

خلاصه ماشینی:

These countries face a spectrum of issues, challenges, and security threats, including the growth and development of political awareness and socio-cultural demands among ethnic groups, to discussions of separatism and territorial secession. Therefore, the central governments of Iran have always faced a series of issues called border security; especially since its borders do not perfectly coincide with a single nationality, and border ethnic groups are presented as an important variable in this regard. (Mirheidar: 1386, 7) Iranian Ethnic Groups They are groups that, while having deep cultural commonalities with other inhabitants of the land of Iran such as: shared myths, customs, traditions, shared history, shared destiny, and shared interests, possess their own specific linguistic or religious characteristics. Characteristics of ethnic groups in Iran and their security implications: 1- Parallelism of ethnic divides with religious and linguistic divides: In every country, based on social structure and historical developments, divisions and conflicts among diverse and multiple groups arise, whose interaction with each other plays an important role in maintaining stability or creating disorder and insecurity in the country. Although the presence of such Iranian minorities and ethnic groups in other countries can be utilized by the Islamic Republic and provide the means for Iran's cultural influence in neighboring countries, in practice, it has conversely caused foreign interference in our country's internal affairs.