Syria and Iran : middle powers in a penetrated regional system / Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Raymond A. Hinnebusch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehteshami, Anoushiravan.

Contributor:

Hinnebusch, Raymond A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Syria--History--20th century.

Syria.

Syria--Foreign relations.

Iran--Foreign relations--1979-1997.

Iran.

Syria--Politics and government.

Iran--Politics and government--1979-1997.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It has been the dominant view that both Syria in the 1980's and Iran today have acted as rogue states in the Middle East threatening to upset the stability of the region. In this innovative new study, Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Raymond Hinnebusch show that these two countries have in fact acted in a rational fashion pursuing the aim of containing Western influence. This book demonstrates how Syrian foreign policy resembles the ""rational actor"" model and Iran's rational factions in government guide its diplomacy. Syria and Iran's foreign policies are shown to be conventional ones, of ""real...

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Middle East international relations: a conceptual framework; The foreign policy of Iran; The foreign policy of Syria; The Syrian-Iranian alliance and the struggle for the Middle East; The Shi'a and the struggle for Lebanon; Syria, Iran and the Arab-Israeli peace process; Conclusions: regional middle powers in a penetrated regional system; Appendix: chronology of Syrian-Iranian relations; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-231) and index.

ISBN:

1-85567-234-0

1-134-73020-9

1-138-88399-9

1-282-77813-7

9786612778131

1-134-73021-7

0-203-21378-5

9780203213780

OCLC:

560371976