خلاصة:
The aim of this paper is investigating and studying of geopolitical dimensions of Russia in the Caspian Sea. Russian post-Soviet geopolitics invokes euroasianism as its inner rationale and meaning, as a greater good that imbues pragmatic, interest based politics with a sense of mission. Eurasianism as a particular tradition of theorizing Russia’s identity and place in the world has a momentum of its own that transcends the pragmatics of Russian post-Soviet foreign policy. Although Russia remains a strong regional power with firm position on international level it is still hard for Moscow to accept loss of the position of great power.Therefore, Russia makes a swirl in its foreign policy in the Caspian area to create new strategies and stimulates Russian government to get back on the region and Once again take their sovereignty back through the use of military, political and economic power according to the priorities of the Eurasian and geo-economy policy integration in the countries of the Caspian region. The methodology of the paper is descriptive- analytical and it attempt to demonstrate this hypothesize that in Russian Eurasianism foreign policy, the Caspian Sea and Caspian region have a significant value at the perspective of geopolitical potentialities.
ملخص الجهاز:
A. Student of Political Geography, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran Received 14 April 2013 Revised 21 June 2013 Accepted 18 August 2013 The aim of this paper is investigating and studying of geopolitical dimensions of Russia in the Caspian Sea. Russian post-Soviet geopolitics invokes euroasianism as its inner rationale and meaning, as a greater good that imbues pragmatic, interest based politics with a sense of mission.
Therefore, Russia makes a swirl in its foreign policy in the Caspian area to create new strategies and stimulates Russian government to get back on the region and Once again take their sovereignty back through the use of military, political and economic power according to the priorities of the Eurasian and geo-economy policy integration in the countries of the Caspian region.
The priorities of The Russian foreign policy in this period: 1- Cooperation with the countries such as China, India and Iran to prevent of progression of the West 2- Pressure on coastal states to spread relations with Moscow 3- Preventing of energy resources transfer to outside of Moscow In this regard, Russia could provide their interests partly with military contracts, deploy military bases and oil contracts (Shuri: 2003, 5).
The main goals The Russian foreign policy in this period includes: 1- Providing the strategic interests: by increasing political and ethnic problems in the seven southern republics (Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingush, Balkarya, and Nagorno) and progressively increasing of Wahhabism influence, added the importance of the Caspian Basin in comparison with other parts of Russia.