Assessing the geopolitical literacy of political and security managers in border provinces (Case study: Southern Khorasan)

پژوهش ‎های جغرافیای سیاسی

Article 5, Volume 5, Issue 2 - Serial Number 18, July 2020, Pages 97-118   

Document Type: مقالات علمی -پژوهشی

DOI: Doi:org/10.22067/pg.v5i2.87773

Authors

Vahid Kiani^* ; Javad Mekaniki¹; Seyyed Mahmoud Shafiei²; Seyed Sadat Mahdie Hefazi³

¹Associate Professor of Geography and Rural Planning, Birjand University

², M.A. in Political Geography, Birjand University

³Master student in political geography, Birjand University

Abstract

   The political organization of space and how it is managed today has become one of the main concerns of political and geopolitical studies of geography. The importance of this issue is doubled when there are certain geographical areas and locations in each country that have special conditions that require deeper geographical recognition and understanding. Therefore, political and security managers who somehow play a role in the political management of such spaces should have high geopolitical literacy, despite their high management capacity. Southern Khorasan province, as one of the border provinces in eastern Iran, has special geopolitical conditions that their recognition will help to develop sustainable security as well as the comprehensive development of this province. Therefore, increasing the geopolitical literacy of the political and security managers of the South Khorasan Province will play an important role in the sustainable and comprehensive development and security of the province. Therefore, the present study is descriptive-analytic and applied in terms of data collection and is survey research. To measure the geopolitical literacy of political and security managers, he distributed 35 questionnaires to political, security, and religious managers in South Khorasan province. To examine the level of geopolitical literacy and its components among managers and officials, a one-sample t-test was used and considering that the t-statistic is negative (-7.03), it can be said that 95% confidence level of geopolitical literacy between managers and The authorities were undesirable and at a low level. Regression analysis was used to investigate the impact of geopolitical literacy on managers' performance. In the linear regression model, there was a significant 95% confidence level between geopolitical literacy and the dependent variable of managers' performance. Also, the correlation coefficient (R) of the model is 0.71. In other words, a 95% confidence level of the geopolitical literacy variable predicts the dependent variable of managers 'performance, so that the geopolitical literacy variable has a significant effect on managers' performance improvement (ie, increasing the geopolitical literacy index increases performance). Managers). Overall, the findings and findings indicate that although there has been interested in geopolitical issues among managers, the level of geopolitical literacy has been low, but most respondents acknowledge the role of geopolitical literacy in promoting the performance of provincial managers.Keywords: Geopolitical Literacy, Political-Security Managers, Border Areas, Southern Khorasan

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