1st Edition

Iran’s Foreign Policy Elite Factionalism, Ideology, the Nuclear Weapons Program, and the United States

By Masoud Kazemzadeh Copyright 2020
130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

130 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyzes both domestic and international factors that have influenced Iran’s foreign policy since 1979. It looks not only at the perspectives of the ruling elite, but also of civil society and opposition groups. Furthermore, it also analyzes the interactions among Iran’s policies and those of regional and global powers. Since the 1979 revolution, Iran’s foreign policy has appeared... Read more

Introduction, Masoud Kazemzadeh

Chapter 1: Foreign Policy Decision Making in Iran and the Nuclear Program, Masoud Kazemzadeh

Chapter 2: Ayatollah Khamenei’s Foreign Policy Orientation, Masoud Kazemzadeh

Chapter 3: Hassan Rouhani’s Election and its Consequences for American Foreign Policy, Masoud Kazemzadeh

Chapter 4: The Perils and Costs of a Grand Bargain with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Masoud Kazemzadeh

Chapter 5: The Sources of the Middle East’s Crises and American Grand Strategy, Masoud Kazemzadeh

Chapter 6: U.S.-Iran Confrontation in the Post-NIE World: An Analysis of Alternative Policy Options, Masoud Kazemzadeh

Chapter 7: U.S.-Iran Confrontation: Domestic Asymmetrical Ramifications, Masoud Kazemzadeh

Biography

Masoud Kazemzadeh is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Sam Houston State University, USA. He received his BA in international relations from the University of Minnesota, and his MA and PhD in political science from the University of Southern California. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies.