Investigating the Geopolitical Location of Badakhshan and its Role in National Security

‘Geopolitical location’ has been understood to be an important and influential element in the politics and national security. With a focus on geography, geopolitical attitudes have been formed. This article examines the geopolitical location of the Badakhshan province and its role in national security as a political unit. The fixed and changing geopolitical locations are emphasized with the subsets of each of the variables that affect the internal security of the region. The geopolitical location, which includes fixed and relative location, has had a great impact on Afghanistan's national power and, subsequently, on the national security of the Badakhshan Province, effecting significant change. This research is applied in terms of a survey. It was implemented is in the form of a library-field study. The field of research is Badakhshan Province, which has 28 administrative units (districts). The methodology governing the research has a descriptive-analytical nature. The information has been collected through library studies. The geopolitical location of Badakhshan is one of the key influencing factors on national power, and this characteristic has made the political stability of this province an issue since the 20th century. However, turning this ‘threat’ into an opportunity provides the possibility of economic growth and prosperity and political stability of Badakhshan in the future. Keywords: geopolitics, Badakhshan, geographical location, and national security.