| Description |
1 online resource (36 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
| Series |
Middle East security report ; 12 |
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Middle East security report ; 12
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| Contents |
Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- Iranian naval exercises. -- Iranian naval deployments and strategic engagements. -- Potential use of IRIN/IRISL for logistics. -- Conclusion. -- Notes |
| Summary |
Iran's maritime forces, the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy (IRGCN), as well as its commercial shipping fleet, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), are being used in specific, definable ways to further Iran's strategic objectives. The totality of evidence indicates that Iranian maritime activity in support of the Iranian strategic objective of regional power and influence is evolving and expanding, not contracting. The Iranian regime is not in decline, and it is not a state that is isolated from the international community. Iranian strategic ambition is expanding, and the Iranian regime is using its maritime entities, namely, IRIN, IRGCN, and IRISL, to realize that strategic ambition |
| Notes |
"June 2013." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-36) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ISW, viewed June 23, 2013) |
| Subject |
Iran. Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
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Iran. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy
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Sea-power -- Iran
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Military planning -- Iran
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Diplomatic relations.
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Military planning.
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Military policy.
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Sea-power.
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| SUBJECT |
Iran -- Military policy
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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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| Author |
Institute for the Study of War (Washington, D.C.)
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