ISBN:
9780833047731
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0833049305
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0833047736
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9780833049308
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 144 pages)
Series Statement:
RAND Corporation monograph series
Parallel Title:
Print version Mullahs, Guards, and Bonyads
Keywords:
Islam and politics
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Political leadership
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Civil-military relations
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Political culture
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Islam and politics
;
Political leadership
;
Civil-military relations
;
Political culture
;
Political leadership
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Politics and government
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Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East
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Middle East
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History & Archaeology
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HISTORY ; General
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International)
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Iran
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United States
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Iran ; government
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Iran ; internal politics
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Civil-military relations
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Diplomatic relations
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Islam and politics
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Military policy
;
Political culture
;
Iran Foreign relations
;
Iran Military policy
;
United States Foreign relations
;
Iran Foreign relations
;
Iran Politics and government
;
Iran
;
Iran
;
United States
;
Iran
;
Iran
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The Islamic Republic of Iran poses serious challenges to U.S. interests in the Middle East, and its nuclear program continues to worry, and bring condemnation and sanction from, the international community. Yet the U.S. ability to "read" the regime in Tehran and formulate appropriate policies has been handicapped by the lack of access to Iran experienced by U.S. diplomats and other citizens and by what many observers lament as the opacity of Iranian decisionmaking processes. The objective of this book is to offer a framework to help U.S. policymakers and analysts better understand existing and evolving leadership dynamics driving Iranian decisionmaking. The research herein provides not only a basic primer on the structure, institutions, and personalities of the government and other influential power centers but also a better understanding of Iranian elite behavior as a driver of Iranian policy formulation and execution. The book pays special attention to emerging fissures within the regime, competing centers of power, and the primacy of informal networks-- a particularly important yet not well understood hallmark of the Iranian system
Abstract:
The Islamic Republic of Iran poses serious challenges to U.S. interests in the Middle East, and its nuclear program continues to worry, and bring condemnation and sanction from, the international community. Yet the U.S. ability to "read" the regime in Tehran and formulate appropriate policies has been handicapped by the lack of access to Iran experienced by U.S. diplomats and other citizens and by what many observers lament as the opacity of Iranian decisionmaking processes. The objective of this book is to offer a framework to help U.S. policymakers and analysts better understand existing and evolving leadership dynamics driving Iranian decisionmaking. The research herein provides not only a basic primer on the structure, institutions, and personalities of the government and other influential power centers but also a better understanding of Iranian elite behavior as a driver of Iranian policy formulation and execution. The book pays special attention to emerging fissures within the regime, competing centers of power, and the primacy of informal networks-- a particularly important yet not well understood hallmark of the Iranian system
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-144)
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