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Syria and Iran Middle Powers in a Penetrated Regional System
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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It has been the dominant view that both Syria in the 1980s and Iran today have acted as rogue states in the Middle East threatening to upset the stability of the region. In this innovative new study, Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Raymond Hinnebusch show that these two countries have in fact acted in a rational fashion pursuing the aim of containing Western influence. This book demonstrates how Syrian... Read more
1 Introduction 2 Middle East international relations: a conceptual framework 3 The foreign policy of Iran 4 The foreign policy of Syria 5 The Syrian-Iranian alliance and the struggle for the Middle East 6 The Shi’a and the struggle for Lebanon 7 Syria, Iran and the Arab-Israeli peace process 8 Conclusions: regional middle powers in a penetrated regional system
Biography
Anoush Ehteshami is Reader in International Relations at the University of Durham. Raymond A. Hinnebusch is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies and International Relations at the University of St. Andrews.
'...well grounded and fluidly written. Syria and Iran inaugurates a research program that is worth pursuing and long overdue.' - Perspectives on Political Science.
