Iran and the “pentagon of the Middle East”

Piotr Łukasiewicz (Former Polish Ambassador to Afghanistan (2012–2014), Col. (res.)) – a conversation dated March 2017 on “Iran and the “pentagon of the Middle East””. Format: conversation (not recorded). Interviewer: Igor Miasnikow.

March 2017
No information on the location (Amb. Łukasiewicz lectured at the European Academy of Diplomacy – a probable but unconfirmed context)
conversation (not recorded)

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FROM:: IGOR MIASNIKOW
TO:: PIOTR ŁUKASIEWICZ – Former Polish Ambassador to Afghanistan (2012–2014), Col. (res.)
DATE:: March 2017
SUBJECT:: Iran and the “pentagon of the Middle East”
CONTEXT:: No information on the location (Amb. Łukasiewicz lectured at the European Academy of Diplomacy – a probable but unconfirmed context)
FORMAT:: conversation (not recorded)

A conversation used in the master's thesis to describe Iran as a state able to project power onto five seas – the Caspian, the Mediterranean, the Black, the Red and the Arabian Sea – the so-called pentagon of the Middle East.

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Used in: master's thesis (2019)

Sources (2)

Uniwersytet Gdański (maszynopis udostępniony przez autora), „I. Miasnikow, Geostrategia i projekty gospodarcze jako determinanty polityki zagranicznej Federacji Rosyjskiej w Eurazji, praca magisterska, Wydział Ekonomiczny UG, Sopot 2019 – sekcja „Wywiady autora oraz prelekcje ekspertów z organizowanych konferencji przez autora””
Historyczny ambasador (blog Igora Miasnikowa), „Bliski Wschód jako klucz w nowym ładzie międzynarodowym (opis panelu i prelegentów, 2.03.2018)” (opens in a new tab)

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