German Institute for Global and Area Studies | Leibniz-Institut für Globale und Regionale Studien

Diversification and Economic Resilience of Iran

This project focuses on factors that have shaped Iran’s strategies for economic diversification and resilience and examines the long-term socioeconomic consequences of such strategies. Economic diversification in this study is not limited to the traditional definition (i.e. the state’s strategy for diversifying economic activities away from the hydrocarbon sector). It looks beyond the country’s borders and captures diversification of trade and economic partnerships with Iran’s strategic allies.
EU, 2021-2024

Leitung

Dr. Sara Bazoobandi

Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

Forschungsfragen

1. What are the main drivers of economic diversification in Iran?
2. How are the economic policies formulated and implemented?
3. What are the challenges, abilities, and aspirations for the IR’s economic diversification and resilience strategies, given the rising domestic economic pressure, the Middle East and North Africa region’s geopolitics, and international sanctions?

Beitrag zu internationaler Forschung

DIVERSIRAN seeks to contribute in advancing scholarly knowledge on Iran's socio-economic, as well as political, environments. It sheds lights on economic policies, political decision making processes and their impact on the Iranian society.

Forschungsdesign und Methoden

The project will adopt a mixed-method qualitative approach that is formed of three main methodological components: 1)systematic literature review; 2) qualitative content analysis; and 3) process tracing.

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Die „Säuberung“ des Hochschulwesens und der „Dschihad des Wissens“ haben der iranischen Regierung geholfen, ihre militärischen, cyberbasierten und nuklearen Fähigkeiten zu verbessern. In diesem Papier werden diese Strategien untersucht und ihre Ergebnisse bewertet.

Dr. Sara Bazoobandi

Research Fellow / Research Team Spokesperson

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Vom Gaza-Krieg über andere regionale Konflikte bis hin zur anhaltenden Bedeutung des Erdöls bleibt die MENA-Region für Europa von zentraler Bedeutung. Wir stellen zehn Themen vor, die in den Beziehungen zwischen den beiden Regionen im Jahr 2024 eine herausragende Rolle spielen werden.

Prof. Dr. Eckart Woertz

Direktor des GIGA Instituts für Nahost-Studien / Redaktion GIGA Focus Nahost

Olena Osypenkova

Doctoral Researcher

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This paper reviews the history of involvement of the two countries in these regions, and analyses how policies of confrontation in both countries have changed and developed over the different historical periods.