Iranian Foreign Policy Since 2001: Alone in the World [Paperback]

Examining Iranian foreign policy, with a focus on the years since 2001, this book analyses the defining feature of Irans international and regional posture, its strategic loneliness, and the implications of this for the Islamic Republics foreign policy.

Iranian Foreign Policy since 2001 offers an in-depth analysis of the key drivers behind Irans foreign policy; power, strategic culture, and ideology. In addition, the authors examine Irans relations with key countries and regions, including its often tenuous relations with China, Russia and America, as well as its bilateral relations with non-state actors such as Hezbollah. The common thread running throughout the volume is that Iran is alone in the world: regardless of its political manoeuvrings, the Islamic Republics regional and international posture is largely one of strategic loneliness.

Assimilating contributions from the US, Canada, Europe and Iran, this book provides an international perspective, both at the theoretical and practical levels and is essential reading for those with an interest in Middle Eastern Politics, International Relations and Political Science more broadly.

Introduction  Thomas Juneau and Sam Razavi 1 Iran: Rising but Unsustainable Power, Unfulfilled Potential  Thomas Juneau 2 Iran: Foreign Policy Strategic Thinking in the 21st Century  Jalil Roshandel 3 Irans Foreign Policy and Islamic Ideology  Mahmood Monshipouri 4 Irans Nuclear Program and its Foreign Policy  Nader Entessar 5 The Shifting Nature of Iranian Influence in Iraq  Kayhan Barzegar 6 Iran and its Persian Gulf Neighbours Mehran Kamrava 7 Irans Levantine Ambitions  Sam Razavi 8 Iranian Relations with the South Caucasus  Houman A. Sadri and Omar Vera-Muniz 9 Iran in South Asia: Dealing with a Rising India  Harsh Pant 10 Iran and Russia  Mark Katzl“9