Document Type : Research Paper
Author
Associate Professor of Political Geography, Imam Hossein University
Abstract
Politically, the Islamic world can define for itself the role of a global power and thus provide a ground through which the interests of all Islamic member states are derived from the definition and establishment of the "Union of Islamic Countries." The validity and continuance of such a role are due to the following reasons:
The enjoyment by the Islamic world of creditable focuses for the creation of power;
Having an extrovert ideology that has the ability to plan on a global scale and at least has social acceptability in the realm of the Islamic world;
A significant contribution to the global communications network due to the ability to generate meaning;
The possibility of upgrading its military organization and turning it into an effective power at the regional level;
Having a large geographical area with high population density;
Possessing sensitive and influential geopolitics in the global system.
The establishment of the "Union of Islamic Countries" is judged as a major objective at the level of regional systems, and is considered by many to be the most effective structural alternative to the modern world order in the present century.