Shia power : next target Iran? / editors, Michel Korinman, John Laughland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Korinman, Michel.

Laughland, John

Class of 1953 Fund.

Series:

Geopolitical affairs ; 1.

Geopolitical affairs ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iran--Politics and government--1997-.

Iran.

Politics and government.

Iran--Foreign relations--1997-.

International relations.

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

Physical Description:

xix, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Portland, OR : Vallentine Mitchell Academic, 2007.

Summary:

This book, the first in a new series from the Daedalos Institute of Geopolitics in Cyprus, asks whether Iran has pretensions to become the leader of the Muslim world. Does the Islamic Republic intend to acquire a nuclear bomb? What is its energy policy and how does the world's need for hydrocarbons bolster the country's geopolitical position? What does the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad mean for the factionalism and power struggles of Iranian politics? What is the relationship between the celrgy and the 'neo-conservatives' who now control the presidency? What are Iran's relations with the other great powers, especially Russia and India? This volume contanis incisive commentary from the world's leading experts on this, one of the planet's most intriguing and mysterious states. It is a key source or reference material on a country which is seldom far from the centre of world affairs.

Contents:

Part I Iran And The world

Iran's Global War Curriculum / Arnon Groiss 3

Talking to Iran is better than more sanctions / Norman Lamont 26

The reality of modern Iran / Michael Ledeen 28

Iran, the neo-conservatives and democracy / John Laughland 35

Iran-Russia: an ambiguous relationship / Julia Snegur 39

India and Iran today: political and strategic implications / Ronak Desai 46

China's ties with Iran and its national interests / Feng Wang 54

A Pragmatic Rapprochement: Turkey and Iran after Iraq War 2003 / Asiye Öztürk 61

Part II The War to Come

Race and the Nuclear Race: Anti-Semitism in Iran / Eldad J. Pardo 69

The need to block a nuclear Iran / Efraim Inbar 92

Map: Iran's nuclear installations 114

'Iran's Political/Nuclear Ambitions and U.S. Policy Options / Karim Sadjadpour 115

The Iranian nuclear programme: process and legitimacy / Ali Rastbeen 123

Map: Iran's missiles and their ranges 137

Iran, Populist President, Strategic Foreign and Nuclear Policy / Jalil Roshandel 138

Interview with Professor General Issac Ben-Israel 150

Map: US Military bases in Central Asia and the Middle East 153

Part III Ahmadinejad, The Second Revolution?

The Rise of the Neoconservatives in Iran / Anoush Ehteshami, Mahjoob Zweiri 157

The Enigma of President Ahmadinejad / Mansour Farhang 173

Shiitestan / Pepe Escobar 180

In the name of God / Mahmoud Anmadinejad 198

The Politics of Iranian Oil: Posing a Challenge to America / Roger Howard 216

Iran's Gas Vision: Priorities and Potentials / Ali Arrehchi 227

Map: Iran's oil and gas resources (Atieh Bahar Consulting) 233

The Abrogation of government monopolies and the new economic era in Iran / Alinaqi Khamoushi 234

Document: The constitution of the Islamic Republic: Article 44 237

Iran and Azerbaijan: cousins, neighbours, strategic complexities / Michel Makinsky 240

Map: Minorities in Iran (Bernard Hourcade) 250

Kurds in the Islamic Republic: a survey / Soheila Ghaderi-Mameli 251

One, two or three Balochistans? / Delphine Leclercq 264

Part IV Shiite Empire

Iran's Role in the Radicalisation of the Sunni-Shia Divide / Ely Karmon 273

Iranian-Arab Relations: A Persian Perspective / Mehrdad Khonsari 294

Vali Nasr on the Shia revival / Turi Munthe 300

Map: The Shiite Crescent 307

Iran in Iraq: between illusion and reality / Muhammed Said Sahib 308

Syria and Iran in a Middle East in transition / Lorenzo Trombetta 313

Iranians in Palestine: an Interview with Majed Bamya 323

Iranian-Egyptian Relations: The Shiite Factor and the Muslim Brotherhood / Ahmad Rasem Al-Nafis 331

Islam in Post Soviet Azerbaijan: a brief outline / Bayram Balci 336

Hezbollah America Latina-Queer Group or Real Threat? / Ely Karmon 351

Part V Psychoanalysis And Geopolitics

The Iranian Holocaust Conference / Theodore Dalrymple 371.

Notes:

"This group of studies first appeared in a special of Geopolitical affairs 1/1"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.

ISBN:

9780853037507

0853037507

0853037515

9780853037514

OCLC:

81453679