نگرشي ژئوپليتيكي - ژئواكونوميكي بر منطقه آزاد تجاري - صنعتي ارس

A Geopolitical-Geo-economical Approach to Aras Free Commercial-Industrial Zone

Despite their limited geographical areas, free zones, in the light of their existential philosophy and different management systems, can be turned into small centers with great roles in macroeconomic systems in the arena of geoeconomic equations. However the economic role of these regions in geoeconomic equations is to a great extent under the influence of geopolitical position of the region. Attempts have been made in the present article to study the role of Aras Free Commercial-Industrial Zone in northwest Iran as an entry gate and connection with the CIS countries. Also attempts have been made to study the role of Aras Free Commercial-Industrial Zone in Iranʹs trade exchanges.