Re-reading of Geopolitics from Mirhasan Atefi's Essay

پژوهش ‎های جغرافیای سیاسی

Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 27 April 2025

Document Type: *

DOI: 10.22067/pg.2025.88612.1292

Author

hadi veicy^*

Associate Professor of Political Geography, Payame Noor University

Abstract

The knowledge of geopolitics, which is a branch of the science of geography, has become one of the most attractive and influential scientific fields in the international arena today. Geopolitical knowledge has experienced many ups and downs in its evolution. Although the subject history of this knowledge dates back to the late 19th century and early 20th century, it was accused of warmongering due to the shaping of world politics and power relations in the first half of the 20th century that led to World War II. It almost left the scientific and academic scene for more than two decades. At when geopolitics was not given much attention and credit in the world, an extended article by Mirhasan Atefi titled Geopolitics in the journal of historical reviews in Persian language in 1966 contains scientific and outstanding points that have not been noticed until now. The present article introduces and reviews this article and has come to the conclusion that the content of the geopolitics article is comprehensive and has a suitable scientific quality level and it is beneficial to re-read it today.

Keywords

Geopolitics; Mirhasan Atefi; Journal of Historical reviews; Iran

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