Document Type : Research Paper

Author

• Siamak Tahmasebi

Assistant Professor, Supreme National Defense University

Abstract

Economic warfare has replaced traditional forms of conflict as the main means of exerting power in the modern international system. This research has been conducted with the aim of identifying the key economic warfare and the causal-disruptive relationships between them. The research method is applied-exploratory and has been implemented with a mixture of (qualitative-quantitative). In the qualitative stage and systematic study of the literature on the subject, 13 dimensions of economic warfare were identified and conceptualized. In the quantitative stage, using an expert survey and the application of the fuzzy dematerialization technique, a matrix of interrelationships between them was designed and analyzed. The findings show that among the 13 dimensions, 6 dimensions including "media-economic warfare", "corridor warfare", "cyber-economic warfare", "desire warfare", "financial warfare" and "trade warfare" are in the group of "cause and enabling" factors. These factors become the main drivers of the system. In contrast, 7 other dimensions including “investment war”, “corporate war”, “technology war”, “resource war”, “energy war”, “security war” and “capital market war” were identified as “disabled and affected” factors that are more than this system. The main value of this research is in providing a comprehensive and 13-dimensional causal model of economic war that enables the internal dynamics of this complex phenomenon. This model can provide a basis for formulating effective countermeasure strategies for the target, especially the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Keywords

• Economic Warfare
• Economic Security
• Resistance Economy
• Sanctions

Main Subjects

• Growth Economy