Investigating Geopolitical Factors Affecting Border Management Case Study: Border Provinces in the North of the Country

Border management is one of the central policies in border guarding in promoting programs and activities related to border residents and constructive interaction with neighboring countries. Also, in order to grow and improve the level of organizational managers and the need to use a new mechanism to guide border residents in all parts of the country, this management is felt more than ever. Meanwhile, the management of the northern borders of the country, considering the existence of the Caspian Sea, emphasizes its geopolitical and geostrategic importance. The purpose of this study is to identify geopolitical factors affecting border management using Blake model in the northern border provinces of the country and seeks to answer the following question" what are the geopolitical factors in border management from the perspective of border commanders in the northern provinces using Blake model? In terms of its objectives, the present study is of an applied research type and in terms of method it is considered as descriptive-analytical. The statistical population of the study includes the commanders of regiments, bases and border and naval checkpoints in Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan provinces, 50 of whom have been studied in the sample. The reliability of the questionnaire using Cronbach's alpha was 0.92. Findings indicate that access management with an average score of 8.58 has the most impact and cross-border resource management and environmental management with an average score of 7.88 and 6.90 have the least impact on border management, and in this vein, the use of technical and electronic equipment, marking border lines and establishing and developing regiments and bases have the highest impact, and the encouragement and sharing environmental tourism, protection of endangered species and prevention of poaching have the least impact on factors affecting border management.