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Dangerous but not omnipotent : exploring the reach and limitations of Iranian power in the Middle East / Frederic Wehrey ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Rand Corporation monograph series Dangerous but not omnipotent
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political culture--Iran.
- Political culture.
- State-sponsored terrorism--Iran.
- State-sponsored terrorism.
- Terrorism--Middle East.
- Terrorism.
- Weapons of mass destruction--Iran.
- Weapons of mass destruction.
- United States--Foreign relations--Iran.
- United States.
- Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
- Iran.
- Iran--Politics and government--1997-.
- Iran--Military policy.
- Iran--Foreign relations--Middle East.
- Middle East--Foreign relations--Iran.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (233 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In an analysis grounded in the observation that although Iranian power projection is marked by strengths, it also has serious liabilities and limitations, this report surveys the nature of both in four critical areas and offers a new U.S. policy paradigm that seeks to manage the challenges Iran presents through the exploitation of regional barriers to its power and sources of caution in the regime's strategic calculus.
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Table; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: Understanding the Iranian Challenge; CHAPTER TWO Assertiveness and Caution in Iranian Strategic Culture; CHAPTER THREE Asymmetric Ambition and Conventional Reality: Iran's Evolving Defense Strategy, Doctrine, and Capabilities; CHAPTER FOUR Iran and Its Non-State Partners: Assessing Linkages and Control; CHAPTER FIVE Arab Perceptions of the Iranian Threat; CHAPTER SIX Conclusion: U.S. Strategy and the IslamicRepublic; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-28267-0
- 9786612282676
- 0-8330-4720-5
- OCLC:
- 430964762
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