Application of Practice Theory in examining the challenges and solutions of strengthening regional integration in the OPEC organization

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Ashkan Golafshan 1
Mohsen Mohammadi Alamooti 2
1 P.h.d candidate of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Shahid Mahalati University of Islamic Sciences, Qom, Iran
Abstract
After the Second World War, many thinkers and politicians, due to the heavy costs caused by the war, sought to provide a solution with the aim of preventing the recurrence of such incidents, as a result of which many experts shifted from national loyalties to transnational loyalties and formed efficient transnational institutions. suggested as a solution. However, the OPEC organization has faced many challenges in achieving its goals during more than six decades of activity and has stopped in the early stages of convergence.Using the qualitative method and the application of the theory of action, this research tries to address the basic question of what are the most important obstacles in the path of convergence in the OPEC organization and what solutions are envisioned in order to remove the said obstacles? The findings of the research confirm the fact that challenges such as heterogeneity in the political, legal and ideological structure of the member countries, heterogeneity in the oil reserves and population of the members, arbitrary actions outside the rules of OPEC and so on.Among the causes of OPEC's failure, assuming the desire to strengthen convergence among OPEC members, there are things such as creating structural changes in the OPEC organization's statutes, removing tension and political and ideological differences among members, and establishing academic centers focusing on the expansion of the oil industry among members. OPEC, increasing economic cooperation and moving towards the establishment of an OPEC bank with a currency unit independent of the dollar, increasing the cooperation of the members of the organization in important matters such as insurance, transportation and security of oil transmission lines by establishing organizations such as the OPEC Insurance Organization, the transnational oil tanker company And. It is recommended to remove the existing obstacles
Keywords
Convergence
divergence
OPEC organization
oil market
Practice theory

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Quarterly Journal of Environmental Studies Strategic of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 27
Spring 2024
Pages 185-210