Iran S Race For Regional Supremacy

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Iran
ISBN : UOM:39015077142134

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Iran's Race for Regional Supremacy by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dilip Hiro
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190050337

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Cold War in the Islamic World by Dilip Hiro Pdf

For four decades Saudi Arabia and Iran have vied for influence in the Muslim world. At the heart of this ongoing Cold War between Riyadh and Tehran lie the Sunni-Shia divide, and the two countries' intertwined histories. Saudis see this as a conflict between Sunni and Shia; Iran's ruling clerics view it as one between their own Islamic Republic and an illegitimate monarchy. This foundational schism has played out in a geopolitical competition for dominance in the region: Iran has expanded its influence in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon, while Saudi Arabia's hyperactive crown prince, Muhammad bin Salman, has intervened in Yemen, isolated Qatar and destabilized Lebanon. Dilip Hiro examines the toxic rivalry between the two countries, tracing its roots and asking whether this Islamic Cold War is likely to end any time soon.

Author : Dore Gold
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781596981218

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The Rise of Nuclear Iran by Dore Gold Pdf

In the West, liberal politicians and pundits are calling for renewed diplomatic engagement with Iran, convinced that Tehran will respond to reason and halt its nuclear weapons program. Yet countries have repeatedly tried diplomatic tactics, all of which have utterly failed. In The Rise of Nuclear Iran, Gold examines these past failures and shows how Iran employed strategic deception and delay tactics to hide its intentions from the West.

Author : Yaakov Katz,Yoaz Hendel
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597976688

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Israel Vs. Iran by Yaakov Katz,Yoaz Hendel Pdf

Focuses on pivotal military events since the Second Lebanon War, including the Syrian reactor bombing; several assassinations of key Hezbollah, Iranian, and Syrian officials; and Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip; Evaluates the threat to Israel's security posed by a nuclear Iran, and the military and diplomatic options for countering it; Based on extensive primary research and unprecedented access to key Israeli defense establishment figures

Author : Ofira Seliktar,Farhad Rezaei
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498569767

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Iran, Israel, and the United States by Ofira Seliktar,Farhad Rezaei Pdf

This book analyzes the process of evaluating Iran’s nuclear project and efforts to roll it back, resulting in the 2015 nuclear agreement. To highlight the technological problems and the politicization involved in the process, this study uses real-time comparison of developments in Iran and the perception of Israel in the United States.

Author : P.R. Kumaraswamy,Md. Muddassir Quamar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351011198

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Contemporary Persian Gulf by P.R. Kumaraswamy,Md. Muddassir Quamar Pdf

Since the outbreak of the Arab Spring the Middle East is going through a turbulent phase as violence, internal conflicts and civil wars are ravaging a number of countries. Even relatively stable Gulf monarchies are not untouched by the impact of popular demand for change. For India, the Persian Gulf is an extended neighbourhood and the region of vital importance receives scant attention. In the light of the Arab Spring, Iranian nuclear deal and the rise of ISIS, it has become impossible for India to be indifferent to the changing internal dynamics. Please note: Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

Author : Henrietta Wilkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136776830

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The Making of Lebanese Foreign Policy by Henrietta Wilkins Pdf

Seeking to explain Lebanon’s behavior in the international arena during the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, this book offers a critique of both systemic and sub state factors in determining foreign policy decisions. The Making of Lebanese Foreign Policy illustrates how systemic theories are limited in terms of explaining foreign policy decisions because they largely ignore the role of internal, or sub state, factors. Within Lebanon, foreign policy is split between the interests of different internal Lebanese groups working in alliance with external actors. The competing interests of these internal groups compromise the cohesion of the Lebanese state and its capacity to promote its own interests above those of the different internal groups. The example of Lebanon during the 2006 war thus demonstrates the importance of these sub state factors in influencing state behaviour on an international level. Arguing that a more pluralistic approach is necessary in order to understand the conditions that affect the foreign policy making of the Lebanese state, this book fills an important gap in the literature on the topic and will be of interest to students of International Relations, Middle East Studies and Islamic Studies amongst others.

Author : Nor Aishah Hanifa
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781543758139

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The Power of Aipac (American-Israel Public Affairs Committee) and U.S.-Israel Special Relationship by Nor Aishah Hanifa Pdf

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a multi-dimensional conflict with numerous forces working collectively from international structure, regional structure and domestic structure. This book aims to offer a comprehensive reading on the AIPAC, the U.S. Middle East Policy, Israel, structural fault lines, and creation of the Palestinian state. The book touches on specific aspects, such as; • The macro dimension of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. • U.S.-Israel Special Relationship (1948-2019). • The American Jewry. • The AIPAC and its modus operandi in U.S. • The U.S. Middle East Policy. • Future of the Palestinian State in the Middle East. AIPAC is the strongest American-Jewish lobby in the United States. Many critics argue that AIPAC able to influence the U.S. Middle East policy, thus jeopardizes the U.S. national interest. For many decades, intangible factor, the soft power of American Jewry has been serving the national interest of Israel. American domestic structure is embedded within liberal democratic values, enable the American Jewish lobbies to operate successfully. This phenomena attracted attention of many scholars, such as; Samuel P. Huntington and George F. Kennan, Tony Smith, David Truman, John J. Mearsheimer, and Stephen M. Walt to produce valuable literatures. John J. Mearsheimer and Stephen M. Walt assert that the AIPAC is dangerous to U.S. national interest. AIPAC plays an important role in preserving the U.S.-Israel “special relationship” in the American soil through lobbying strategy. A triangular pattern of relationships prevail between AIPAC, Israel and the U.S. Middle East policy. AIPAC serves to preserve the “special relationship” between Israel and U.S. in periods of peace and turmoil. Some critics say AIPAC projects dual nationalism in their modus operandi. AIPAC represents the loyal American Jews who wish to see the United States of America remains strong and powerful in international system. At the same time, AIPAC loves and supports Israel as the Jewish national home. AIPAC aims to see Israel secured and able to survive in the volatile Middle East region. Apparently AIPAC has certain level of influence over the US Middle East policy in creation of the Palestinian state. AIPAC ensures creation of the Palestinian state is safe to Israel’s national interest and national security. AIPAC often tries to direct the U.S. Middle East policy towards other contagious issues in the region to divert U.S. attention in the Palestinian peace process. Success and failure in AIPAC’s lobby depend on U.S. national interest in the region. AIPAC never possess insurmountable power to influence the US Middle East policy. AIPAC able to influence the U.S. Middle East policy when there is a convergence factor with the U.S. national interest. The prime force in the U.S. Middle East policy is undoubtedly the U.S. national interest. Followed by Israel’s security, security and stability of the Middle East. However, AIPAC as an instrument of policy should not be excluded from the study on the Palestinian state.

Author : Harold Rhode
Publisher : Jerusalem Ctr Public Affairs
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 9789652180896

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The Sources of Iranian Negotiating Behavior by Harold Rhode Pdf

This analysis identifies patterns exhibited by the Iranian government and the Iranian people since ancient times. Most importantly, it identifies critical elements of Iranian culture that have been systematically ignored by policymakers for decades. It is a precise understanding of these cultural cues that should guide policy objectives toward the Iranian government.

Author : Nadav Shragai
Publisher : Jerusalem Ctr Public Affairs
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : City planning
ISBN : 9789652180834

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Demography, Geopolitics, and the Future of Israel's Capital by Nadav Shragai Pdf

Author : David Held,Kristian Ulrichsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136698408

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The Transformation of the Gulf by David Held,Kristian Ulrichsen Pdf

This book examines the political, economic and social transformation of the six member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the ways in which these states are both shaping, and being reshaped by, the processes of globalisation. Adopting a multidisciplinary approach, the volume combines thematic chapters focusing on issues such as globalisation, nationalism and identity, political thinking, and economic diversification and redistributive policymaking with empirical chapters studying specific aspects of reform and change: the emergence of governing markets the rise of Sovereign Wealth Funds Islamic Finance the relationship between energy and sustainability trends in foreign aid donorship, strategic and foreign policy formulation. Contributions from experts in the field provide cutting-edge snapshots of a region in flux and collectively offer a roadmap of its repositioning in the global order, examining the interaction between global processes and internal dynamics of change and resistance that inject new dimensions into debates over the loci of local and global transformations and the manner in which each plays off the other. Situating the Gulf States firmly within their global twenty-first century context, this book will hold particular appeal to theorists of globalisation as well as to scholars of comparative politics, international political economy and area studies.

Author : Alex Vatanka
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857739155

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Iran and Pakistan by Alex Vatanka Pdf

The respective policies of the governments of Iran and Pakistan pose serious challenges to US interests in the Middle East, Asia and beyond. These two regional powers, with a combined population of around 300 million, have been historically intertwined in various cultural, religious and political ways. Iran was the first country to recognise the emerging independent state of Pakistan in 1947 and the Shah of Iran was the first head of state to visit the new nation. While this relationship shifted following the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and tensions do exist between Sunni Pakistan and Shi'i Iran, there has nevertheless been a history of cooperation between the two countries in fields that are of great strategic interest to the US: Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation and terrorism. Yet much of this history of cooperation, conflict and ongoing interactions remains unexplored. Alex Vatanka here presents the first comprehensive analysis of this long-standing and complex relationship.

Author : Joshua Teitelbaum
Publisher : Jerusalem Ctr Public Affairs
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789652180995

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An Alternative Diplomatic Process: A Renewed Regional Framework for Cooperation in the Middle East by Joshua Teitelbaum Pdf

Author : Anoushiravan Ehteshami
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415657570

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Dynamics of Change in the Persian Gulf Political Economy, War and Revolution by Anoushiravan Ehteshami Pdf

The Persian Gulf has come to represent one of the most strategically significant waterways of the world. In terms of geography, geopolitics, resources, global political economy, and regional influence, the Gulf is perhaps home to the world's most significant group of countries. Focusing on the complexities of the interplay between domestic-level changes and region-wide interactions, this book presents the reader with the first comprehensive survey of the dynamics of change in this crucial area. Systemic-oriented in its approach, the impact of war and revolution on the countries of the sub-region is discussed, and the ways in which these factors have shaped the security dilemmas and responses of the Gulf States is also explored. The role of oil is examined in terms of the impact of its income on these states and societies, and the manner in which oil has shaped the integration of these states into the global system. Oil has shrunk developmental time in these countries, and has accelerated generational shift. At the same time, it has created the dialectical relationship which now characterizes the difficult balance between prosperity and instability which is at the heart of the sub-region. Casting new light on the workings of a strategically significant part of the international system, this book will be an essential resource for students and scholars of international relations, international security and Middle Eastern politics.

Author : Thomas E. Copeland
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739169551

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Drawing a Line in the Sea by Thomas E. Copeland Pdf

The deadly May 31, 2010 Gaza flotilla incident has been misunderstood. This book explores the incident in more detail than mainstream media coverage has allowed—explaining the background, key players, and the incident itself—enriched by the authors having had unique access to senior Israeli officials in the immediate aftermath of the event. The incident is a microcosm of the struggle between terrorism and democratic societies, and raises a number of legal, ethical, and strategic political issues in the contemporary Middle East. Chapters address the political and military scenario preceding the incident, key state and non-state actors involved, military and ethical dimensions of the operation, and the aftermath in the media and politics. The book provides thoughtful and readable analysis that is useful to policy makers and to the general public, and draws some important conclusions for the continuing conflict between democratic states and terrorists and their sponsors.