نشریه علوم و فنون مرزی
پیاپی 2 (پاییز 1391)

Persian Gulf has a tremendous strategic and geopolitical importance for its rich oil and gas resources in one hand and rich biological resources on the other. Moreover, due to the transits of gas, oil, and other essential commodities, it is actually vital to its neighboring countries. Due to its relatively low latitude, near shore islands, it does not follow specific rule for border demarcation. The present paper is a descriptive – analytic type and through data collection via library studying it attempts to investigate the marine border rules of Iran with the neighbors in Persian Gulf and to address the role of navy border guards in providing order, security, and the restoration of the rights of the people and government in the territorial waters. The results of the study show that the marine limits of Iran with Iraq, Kuwait, and much of UAE have not been separated yet. The separation limits with other countries is also in the plateau and not exclusive economic. Although Iran has extended its exclusive economic waters, this border demarcation has not passed its complete procedures. So, every year we are witnessing the stoppages and arrests of dozens of ships and hundreds of mutual citizens. And also this can be a factor in the future challenges and pretexts for border conflicts. It is suggested that by careful and required study based on justice and international laws and historical records the plan of marine border demarcation with the mentioned countries be prepared and investigated bilaterally or multilaterally.

in recent years, as the borders of our county become insecure, the project of establishing border ramparts in Hamun Lake has been designed and performed. In order to obtain a feedback of the costs and also to investigate the degree of the mentioned ramparts’ effectiveness on increasing the economic and social security levels of the region, this paper is going to investigate and address “the role of Hamun Lake border ramparts in developing economic and social security of Iran’s eastern borders.

the present study is an analytical paper which has been conducted as a survey study. The statistical population are composed of two main parts as “the users of border ramparts (soldiers and commanders)” and “the other government employees (all employees working in various official parts of Zabol City).” The required sample size was determined 327 members based on the Morgan table and they were selected randomly by the two-stage cluster sampling method. The required data were collected based on library research, interviews, and also questionnaire.To test the reliability of the applied instruments in the research process, it has been preferred to use "Cronbachalpha test" and based on this the output alpha value was calculated as .83 using SPSS software.Also, in order to test the content validity, the ideas of the experts and the relevant theoretical literature and theories are considered as the basis.

the presence of Hamun Lake border ramparts has a significant effect of “Regional prosperity”, “acceleration of social development of the region”, “developing economic investments in the region”, “greater success in the fight against smuggling”, “greater success in the fight against fuel smuggling”, “greater success in the fight against weapons smuggling”, “greater success in the fight against drug trafficking”, “greater success in the fight against armed bandits”, and finally “improving the sense of security among the people.”

public security is an impressive factor on social and economic development of the border regions. Moreover, establishment of physical constructions can significantly improve the sense of security among the people of the region.

In this article, for achieving the defensive goals we are trying to investigate the border hazards’ bases and border performances of Islamic Republic of Iran with its neighbors using descriptive – analytic method. Providing border security is one of the main challenges of every country. Identifying this matter with regard to the changes that occurred in the world would be helpful for appropriate and rule-based communications and free from any conflicts among the people and countries. According to the findings of this study, being neighbor with fifteen countries, having long borders, and having various communications with each country so far have made the borders issue to be the main concern of Iran in political decisions. In order to compile a strategy and to make implicational and strategic policies for tackling with border hazards the first step is to identify the origins of hazards. The resources and origins of the border hazards can be of various types. Among them are: long distance borders, number of the neighbors, imposed borders, the ethnic-cultural interferences with neighboring countries, instability of neighboring countries, the interests and strategies of powers to the region, globalization, and changes in borders’ performance, etc. that can be considered as the main bases of border hazards. Identifying these bases of hazards can be employed in compiling appropriate defensive strategies. In this regard, in this article, border security models for providing the national defense have been investigated.

Islamic republic of Iran has a common border with the biggest drug producer in the world in its south east border. The position of Iran in an area wherein its neighbor – Afghanistan, doesn’t have the required stability, has been encountered with various threats and tricks. The present study addresses the problems emerged from drug trafficking which is considered as an obstacle for the country’s development. This study will also investigate the threats of misusing and entrance of these drugs into the country. This study is an applied type and it has been conducted in descriptive – analytic method. Library studies, documentation instruments, interviews with authorities and students of Border department of Police University have also been employed. The findings of this study show that in addition to drug trafficking individual and social hurts, the national security, international and regional position, and political system are also being under such effects. Intensified punishments have not solved the problems of drug addiction and trafficking; and the borders effective control will not eradicate drug trafficking and so a serious attitude and approach is necessary. The success and obstacles of Islamic Republic of Iran have been scrutinized in terms of counter-narcotics and drug threats. By investigating some countries’ countern-arcotics actions, Iran’s position against narcotic fights was analyzed. At the end, some guidelines have been suggested for fighting against drug misuse and trafficking.

recognizing the degree of new technologies effect including radars, optical equipment, and the role of other physical factors in enhancing border security.

in terms of its type this study is applied and in terms of its nature it is a descriptive, correlational field study. The statistical population of this study includes commanders of border troops of south Khorasan and the statistical sample is considered as a total number sample. For compiling the literature review of the research and theoretical rationale, the supervisor’s ideas, data collection through library studying of articles, books, and different resources have been used through note taking and internet. Moreover, the experts’ opinions have obtained through in person interviews and preparing questionnaire. The survey questionnaire was the main tool to collect information which was designed as follows. The place territories in this study are the borders of South Khorasan Province for 460 Kilometers in 2011. In order to evaluate the obtained results from questionnaire, first, the options of the questions were coded and then plugged into computer. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS software (t-test and Spearman Correlation Coefficient). In order to describe the findings, the frequency distribution tables and pie graphs have been used.

the obtained results from testing the hypotheses suggest that the electronic systems, optic equipment, and physical determent have very good, good, and moderate effect on border security, respectively.

the overall results showed that the new technologies have a major impact on border security and it prevents the border crime up to 80% and comparing with the other methods (physical determent) it is more effective. The results and recommendations are also presented in the organizational domain.

The present study aims at investigating the relationship between social stratification and social sense of security among the residents of Ardabil in 2011. Social stratification is a general term to describe regular structures of social inequality and social division of labor in complex societies, in other words, hierarchical classification, and unequal distribution of material and symbolic rewards. The sense of social security as psycho-mental matter is strongly influenced by social status in the social hierarchy. Sense of security refers to the people’s relief from stress, fear, and danger. This study has been conducted in correlational research survey method the sampling has been done in multistage cluster method. The sample size was 380 households. LSD post hoc test was used to determine the between-group differences. The results showed that the most frequent stratification was for the middle-class society with 57.7 percent. Also, the average of the sense of social security was 53.05 with the standard deviation of 10.51. The results showed that there is a statistically significant relationship between the income level, education level, employment status, level of financial-economic assets, housing, lifestyle, and the sense of social security. The findings also showed that the high-class social stratum has more sense of security than the middle and low class social strata. Finally, seven out of eight hypotheses were confirmed.