The Challenges of the Persian Gulf Strategic Region from the Perspective of Environmental Geopolitics

Geopolitics has found a deep link with environmental issues, because governments and nations have realized that the most suitable strategy for achieving peace and eliminating conflicts among themselves is to comply with environmental issues. The Persian Gulf as a unique ecosystem and as an international vital waterway, in addition to the damage caused by the traffic of oil tankers and the extraction of oil from the continental shelf, the First and Second Persian Gulf War, and also in terms of the growth of urbanization, the development of industrial activities, and the irrational exploitation of resources are severely affected. It is under pressure and this sea has become a place to discharge a huge amount of urban and industrial sewage.Therefore, in order to improve and clean this ecosystem from pollution, the environmental cooperation of the countries around the Persian Gulf is necessary in order to make correct and strategic decisions, as well as the strict observance of international agreements, prevention of marine pollution and the correct transportation of marine environmental laws and regulations are essential. In this regard, the current research has investigated the importance of the environmental geopolitics of the Persian Gulf and its effects on national security with a descriptiveanalytical approach using a documentary method, and the results indicate that the special ecosystem of this region due to its special ecological conditions and environmental capacities and uses that the environment and its resources are exposed to permanent and continuous risks, the main contribution of awareness of the sensitivity of the environment of the Persian Gulf against pollution and the need to apply strict rules to preserve it is related to the countries of the Persian Gulf.Finally, we have provided solutions for the environmental sustainability of the Persian Gulf.