| Description |
1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Series |
Iranian Studies |
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Iranian Studies
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- References -- Part I Historical background: Iranian foreign policy under the Pahlavi dynasty -- Chapter 1 Reza Shah and his vision of Persian diplomacy -- From the Qajars to the Pahlavis -- Reza Shah and his foreign policy in the 1920s and 1930s -- The Middle Eastern dimension -- The forced abdication and occupation -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi: The unfinished Iranian empire |
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New monarch, new hopes, old foreign policy? -- Mossadegh, CIA, lost hopes, and dependency -- Iran's foreign policy after the 1953 coup d'état -- The West, oil crisis, and the rise of Iranian power in the 1970s -- Decline and fall of the imperial State of Iran -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II The Islamic Republic of Iran: The framework of foreign policy after 1979 -- Chapter 3 The 1979 revolution and ideological determinants of the Iranian foreign policy -- The 1979 revolution and its consequences -- The ideological determinants of Iranian foreign policy: Shi'ism |
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Khomeinism and Iranian foreign policy -- Neither East nor West -- Khomeinism and the Iranian diplomacy today -- Waves of realism vs. waves of idealism? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 The main actors and decision-making process -- The constitution -- The supreme leader -- The Guardian Council -- The president -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs -- The Islamic Consultative Assembly -- Majlis -- The Supreme National Security Council -- References -- Chapter 5 Iranian foreign policy in action: The main objectives -- Khomeini and his vision of Iranian diplomacy |
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Iranian foreign policy in the 1990s: the Rafsanjani era -- Mohammad Khatami: a new approach to foreign policy -- President Ahmadinejad's foreign policy -- Hassan Rouhani: a new opening -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III Iranian foreign policy in practice: Selected case studies -- Chapter 6 Iranian foreign policy towards the Persian Gulf region -- Iran and the Persian Gulf in the aftermath of the revolution -- Iran's foreign policy in the Persian Gulf region under the presidency of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- The Persian Gulf under the presidency of Hassan Rouhani -- Conclusion -- References |
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Chapter 7 Iran-Syria relations -- The Syria-Iran relations in the 1980s and 1990s -- Iran and Bashar al-Assad: continuity or a new opening? -- The Iranian position on the conflict in Syria -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Iran-China relations -- Bilateral relations in the 1980s and 1990s -- Iran and China in the 21st century -- The sources of cooperation: economic aspects -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9 Iranian foreign policy towards Central Asia -- An overview of Iran's attitude towards Central Asia in the post-Cold War period (1991-2005) |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diplomatic relations
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- Foreign relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067893
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| Subject |
Iran
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000215304 |
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100021530X |
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9781000215380 |
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1000215385 |
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9781000215342 |
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1000215342 |
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9781003018285 |
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1003018289 |
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