Investigating the NATO-Shanghai Conflict in the Persian Gulf

Mahdi Kordi Kalak [1],Mashallah Heydarpour[2]*,Mahdi Javdani Moghadam[3]   Abstract: NATO is one of the most important international organizations that has defined expansion to the East as one of its priorities after the Cold War and the functional transformation of its missions.In this context, NATO, in the framework of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, has tried to strengthen its presence in the Persian Gulf in order to ensure energy security, play a role in regional security and enclose Iran.Under these circumstances, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) effort to map out security issues, impose restrictions on NATO, and control energy transit routes in the Persian Gulf is reminiscent of the Warsaw Pact confrontation with NATO.This article seeks to address the key question of what approach and causes of the NATO-Shanghai security co n frontation in the Persian Gulf can be analyzed?The research hypothesis c o nsiders the main causes of confrontation in conflicting security goals, conflict of interests in energy transportation routes and different views towards Iran. [1].Graduated in PhD in International Relations, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran [2].Assistant Professor,Department of International Relations, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran ,Corresponding Author [3].Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Imam Sadegh University, Tehran, Iran