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The battle of the Ayatollahs in Iran : the United States, foreign policy, and political rivalry since 1979 / Alex Vatanka.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vatanka, Alex, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islam and politics--Iran.
- Islam and politics.
- Relations.
- Iran.
- Iran--Politics and government--1979-.
- Politics and government.
- Iran--Foreign relations--1979-.
- International relations.
- United States--Relations--Iran.
- United States.
- Iran--Relations--United States.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages) : photographs, maps
- polychrome
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Distribution:
- [London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : I.B. Tauris, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Preliminary Chapter Outline: Background and the earliest intra-regime debate about the Islamic Republic's international identity: to remain a nation state with a narrow and well-defined national priorities or to become a global revolutionary cause è
- 1980-1988: The debate on how to break Iran's international isolation during the Iran-Iraq War (what was out of necessity and what was due to genuine policy differences) è
- 1989-1997: President Rafsanjani's first attempt to return to the global mainstream (how much of a consensus was behind this policy shift?) è
- 1997-2005: President Khatami and a second attempt to reintegrate into the global mainstream (The intensification of the link between factional legitimacy, power play and foreign policy) è
- 2005-2013: Ahmadinejad's populist and erratic foreign policy approach: from revolutionary zeal to challenging Ayatollah Khamenei's conventional wisdom è
- 2013-present: Ayatollah Khamenei's balancing act to maintain an equilibrium between President Rouhani's "moderates" and the "hardliners" of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
- Each of these chapters will be further divided into sub-chapters based on specific turn of events. For example, what was the Iranian debate during the Iran-Contra affair or the debate on how to respond to the Taliban's killing of Iranian diplomats in 1998? These are some examples of pivotal moments in Iranian foreign policy where American analysts, policy-makers and general audience will benefit from being exposed to Iranian accounts.
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed May 10, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781838607890
- 1838607897
- Publisher Number:
- 40030549169
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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