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Strategies for Effective Participation of Iran in Gas Exporting Countries Forum
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Abstract: (3924 Views) |
Because of recent events and trends in the global energy economy, natural gas is one of strategic goods and gas resource holders can use their gas to influence the global equations in favor. Formation of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) that Iran had a major role in its establishment, is one of the most important international developments in the international arena in recent years. Despite of strength and advantage of GECF, however this forum is having some restrictions and problems for having efficient participation and also ruling the gas market.
At this point the main question is that which policies and strategies must be taken by Iran to have effective role in this forum? This paper uses the analytical method based on Mattli's multivariate analysis model about the factors affecting organizational Economic Convergence, aiming to answer this question. Therefore, in this regard, the Islamic Republic of Iran while considering the constraints and possibilities must recognize the internal challenges of the forum and design required strategies for active participation in the forum.
The results of this study indicate that the Iran's membership in Gas Exporting Countries Forum has both political and economic dimensions for this country. From Economic perspective, the revenue from gas sales increase Iran's foreign exchange revenues and from Political point of view, increased revenue from gas trade, will increase Iran's ability to pursue its foreign policy goals, which is increased global interdependence of Iran's energy supply and avoiding the re-impose of the sanctions against the country.
In this regard, based on the information on the competitors strengths & weakness, the effective appropriate strategies are defined for Iran to reach the objective of being one of the most effective and influential members of GECF and player in the global gas market.
JEL Classification: A10، D23، D42، E61
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| Keywords: GECF, Iran, Policies and strategies, Gas Market, Russia, Qatar. |
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Type of Study: Research |
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Received: 2016/07/19 | Accepted: 2017/01/7 | Published: 2017/04/15 | ePublished: 2017/04/15
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