DEFENSE STRATEGY
Year:2012 | Volume:10 | Issue:39|Papers Count:6

Having a "safe", "stable", "developed" and "inspiring" society, is the component elements of a sustainable security on the horizon in 1404, which is the purpose of Islamic Republic of Iran’s [20-year] perspective document. Without providing a sustainable security against possible threats and traumas, it is impossible to achieve the aims of 20-year vision plan. Along with examining and assessing the nature and concept of sustainable security in this paper, it has been tried to consider the way of achieving it through "content analysis" based on 20-year goals. The data of this research is collected based on documentary study. Due to the nature of the subject and the studied components, the dominant approach to this research is descriptive-analytic. To this end, through content analysis of perspective document, the ways of achieving sustainable security has been examined and counted. In this paper, the perspective of Iran as a safe community in 1404 will be examined. The results of the research show that the way the perspective document looks at sustainable security is positive and the effective and constructive interaction with other nations and states, as well as stable economic development, is the prerequisite to achieve sustainable security on the horizon in 1404.

Natural Disasters itself does not cause loss of human beings, but it is the vulnerability of communities which threats human beings. Actual injury depends on two factors of being exposed to danger and characteristics of the receiving unit of danger. Today, most of the countries are trying to achieve sustainable development and natural disasters are threats to these efforts. So, adopting strategies to sustain the living environment against inevitable threats is essential. The dominant approach in this research is analytical – descriptive. At first, through documentary and field study, it has been tried to determine the criteria of vulnerability, and then with the software like Excel, SPSS, and Expert Choice, based on SWOT analysis model and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), and it has been attempted to prioritize strategies for incorporating the capabilities of the armed forces in natural disasters. Based on the hierarchical analysis, promoting natural and sustainable defense in site selection, completing defense cycle and interacting with active and passive defense, and using country's media capabilities for informing the public are respectively important.

With a regional and international outlook, this paper examines the situation of Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman and the countries surrounding and pays a special attention to region’s strategic and geopolitical importance, large oil and gas reserves and the global need for this resource; an issue which has brought post-modern aggressive and colonialist powers to the region. On the other hand, the weakness of Persian Gulf southern kingdoms and their appeal for help from trans-regional powers to deal with the threats caused US and other western countries’ long-term military presence in the Persian Gulf. Through military treaties and preparing the context for deployment of troops, carriers and other military equipment, Persian Gulf Southern countries, repeatedly violated rights of other countries in the region and serious threats to regional security. Given the dominant political attitudes in the region and politicalsecurity strategies of trans-regional powers and existing threats, this study is trying to use the rules and regulations of international law to limit the presence of foreign and trans-regional forces in the region.

Statistics show that the outsourcing in organizations is growing around the world. The most important reason is organizations’ focus on core activities and expertization activities. On the other hand, past experiences show that the armed forces are of the leading organizations in various scientific, technological, equipmental fields. Therefore, in order to improve the military effectiveness and achieve higher productivity, these military organizations have turned to outsourcing. After giving definitions for outsourcing, its advantages and disadvantages, various kinds of outsourcing, outsourcing category in military organizations is considered in this study. To this end, the differences between the military and other organizations and the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing in the military organizations have been evaluated and then, the main purpose of this paper which is presenting a Model and process for outsourcing in military organizations has been discussed. The mentioned model is described in five stages of “selecting the activities”, “decisions for outsourcing”, “selecting the supplier”, “contracting” and “transport services” and then the considerations which should be noted by each military organization, is presented.

Territorialization is the goal of each Geopolitical player, to expand its sphere of influence and to increase its power range. Recognizing spatial pattern of geopolitical realms, explains a country's geopolitical situation and position. Therefore, expressing the spatial pattern of Iran's geopolitical realm after the revolution is the aim of this paper. To this end, it has been tried to monitor and explore the strategies, codes and function range of Iran’s geopolitical actions through formal and informal resources. In this regard, the GIS software is used to produce the maps of Iran’s geopolitical realm. Analyzing the data of the research shows that the range of Iran’s geopolitical functions, as a superpower, has a world scale nature.