Impact of ports and International waters accessibility on national security improvement in Iran

For any state, national security is at the top of the list of most wanted! The notion of security is now expanded beyond its traditional military concept and is identified by five sectors: military, economic, societal, political, and environmental. All countries that have access to international waters try their best to use it as an economic, political and martial advantage over their regional and non-regional competitors. As access to international waters induces a direct effect on the level and quality of national security, so, in this paper which is of a review kind after a short review of definition of security and its elements, present conditions of these elements in Iranian southern ports are discussed. Seemingly, potential advantages of access to international waters, especially economic and political ones, have not been practically met by the state in previous decades. Finally, some suggestions are provided to get better security advantages of access to international waters by the country.