1st Edition
Iran in the International System Between Great Powers and Great Ideas
Preface
Hannes Swoboda and Stephanie Fenkart
Preface in Farsi
Mitra Shahmoradi
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part 1: USA and Vienna Nuclear Agreement
1 Iran’s Relations with the United States: Current Conditions in Historical Perspective
Shireen T. Hunter
2 The Iranian Threat: The Construction of Insecurity
Andreas M. Bock
3 The fate of the JCPOA
Heinz Gärtner
Part 2: Iranian economy: crippled and resilient
4 Iran’s Endogenous Role in the International Economic System
Mahdi Ghodsi
5 The Impact of Economic Sanctions on the Iranian Middle Class
Mahnaz Zahirinejad
Part 3: Eurasian perspectives on Iran
6 Iran and Europe: The never-ending hope for strong and efficient relations
Bernard Hourcade
7 Irans’s unequal partners: Russia and India
Erzsébet N. Rózsa
8 The Iranian Nuclear Issue and China: Sino-Iranian Interactions Within and Beyond the UNSC
Mher D. Sahakyan
Part 4: Revolution and Society
9 Iran and the International Order: Historic Transitions and New Challenges
Abbas Milani
10 Transparent Veil
Mitra Shahmoradi
11 Iran before the revolution: some considerations concerning socio-cultural aspects of urban life in the Sixties of the past century
Bert G. Fragner
Conclusions
Biography
Heinz Gärtner is lecturer at the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna and at Danube University.
Mitra Shahmoradi is a freelance artist, painter, poet and art educator in Vienna.
"The risk of conflict between Iran and the United States is real and growing. This timely collection of excellent essays helps explain why. A diverse set of international experts analyze the complex history of U.S.-Iranian relations, the impact of sanctions on the Iranian economy and domestic politics, and the possible fate of the Iran nuclear deal. Most importantly, the authors present creative ideas about how best to reduce these risks." - Scott D. Sagan






