The Shah of Iran, the Iraqi Kurds, and the Lebanese Shia

Analyzes contemporary Iranian non-state foreign policy and its impact on the geopolitics of the Middle East.

Explains Iran's strategic connections with the Iraqi Kurds and the Lebanese Shia.

Introduces a new approach on the power imbalance in the Middle East.

Autorentext
Arash Reisinezhad is Post-doctoral Fellow at the Mohsin and Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies at the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University, USA

Klappentext

This book sheds new light on the emergence and fluctuation of Iran s connections with non-state entities in the Middle East. Iran s involvement with political-militant non-states has been at the heart of international and regional security policy for more than three decades. The author analyzes Iran s non-state foreign policy by focusing on specific geopolitical and geocultural threats and opportunities that pushed Tehran to build strategic ties with the Iraqi Kurds and the Lebanese Shia. This project will appeal to multiple audiences interested in geopolitics of the Middle East, Iran's foreign policy, and international relations.

Inhalt

1. IntroductionIran's Non-State Foreign Policy.- 2. Driving ForcesInceptionIran's Non-State Foreign Policy in Pre-1958.- 3. CreationIran's Non-State Foreign Policy 1958-63.- 4. AscensionIran's Non-State Foreign Policy in 1963-68.- 5. LimboIran's Non-State Foreign Policy in 1968-73.- 6. DownfallIran's Non-State Foreign Policy in 1973-75.- 7. DownfallIran's Non-State Foreign Policy in 1973-75.- 8. ResurrectionIran's Non-State Foreign Policy in 1977-79.- 9. ConclusionIran's Non-State Foreign Policy and the Shah's Legacy.