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Ten Rules for Transport Corridors and the Future of Security on Land and Sea: An Iranian Perspective
Trade corridors, as the main routes for transporting goods and services between countries, regions, and even continents, play a very important role in facilitating international trade and enhancing the ability of nations to cooperate and to interact economically with each other. Due to the fact that geopolitical developments and significant crises over the past few years have rocked some global and regional trade routes, it is evident that there is an urgent need for the “war of corridors” to be replaced by “corridor diplomacy”, as the role of corridors in today's world is not only the “transit of goods”, but also to enhance regional security and stability based on connectivity, writes Mohammad Reza Dehshiri, Dean of the School of International Relations, Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, especially for the 14th Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club and Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.