A Critical Review on the Book Islamic Republic of Iran’s Environmental Diplomacy in the Caspian Sea

Ghasemi, Hakem

doi:10.30465/crtls.2022.38284.2361

A Critical Review on the Book Islamic Republic of Iran’s Environmental Diplomacy in the Caspian Sea

Document Type : Research

Author

Hakem Ghasemi

Associate Professor, Department of Political Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Imam Khomeini International University (IKIU), Qazvin, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30465/crtls.2022.38284.2361

Abstract

The book “Islamic Republic of Iran’s Environmental Diplomacy in the Caspian Sea” has explained Iran's diplomacy to protect the environment of the Caspian Sea. The author of the book, in the framework of the SWOT method, has offered the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of Iran’s environmental diplomacy in the Caspian Sea. Concerning the conclusion of the book, the author offers suggestions for strengthening Iran’s diplomacy. The author of the book tries to acquaint the readers with the situation of Iran’s environmental diplomacy in the Caspian Sea, and for this reason, it has many advantages. But at the same time, it has many weaknesses. The weaknesses of the book can be divided into two parts: form and content. Writing and editing problems and the lack of a conclusion section are the most important formal weaknesses, and the incorrect implementation of the SWOT method and ambiguity in the application of the concept of diplomacy are the most important content weaknesses of the book. Removing these weaknesses can lead to improving the quality of the book. In this article, with a critical approach, an attempt has been made to introduce the book "Environmental Diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Caspian Sea" and its advantages and to point out weaknesses of the book to be considered by its author in the next editions.

Keywords

Environment

Diplomacy

Environmental Diplomacy

Diplomacy of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Caspian Sea

Subjects

political science

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