Iran's Strategic Intentions and Capabilities [Paperback]

Patrick Clawson (Editor)

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Publication Date: December 13, 2004

CONTENTS: Introduction Domestic Politics and Strategic Intentions Iran's Foreign Policy and Internal Crisis --- Alternative Foreign Policy Views among the Iranian Policy Elite --- All Politics Is Local Russia and Iran Evolving Russian Attitudes Towards Iran --- Russian Military Strategy on Iran's Border Iran's Military Intentions and Capabilities Iran's Strategic Aims and Constraint --- Deja Vu All over Again? An Assessment of Iran's Military Buildup --- Iran's Military Situation Abbreviations Used About the Authors

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• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific (December 13, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1410218740
• ISBN-13: 978-1410218742
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Iran's Strategic Intentions and Capabilities, July 16, 2001

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Though modestly produced and hastily assembled, Iran's Strategic Intentions and Capabilities probably marks a turning point in the Western assessment of Iran's Islamic Republic. No longer, the authors tell us, should we expect the mullahs of Tehran to organize and lead the world's anti-American club. To the contrary, we can expect them to weaken and, before very long, to fall. Laurent Lamote (a pseudonymous French scholar) makes the most dramatic statements: "The only fight the 15 year-old Islamic Republic of Iran can undertake is for its own survival." The regime no longer has anything to which it "can point as an example of success or source of hope." As the regime's problems multiply, religious leaders outside the government note that Islam, which once served as Khomeini's subversive ideology, has become a tool of state repression. They fear this will lead to Islam getting blamed for the country's problems, even that the faith will be "endangered in Iran." To prevent this dire outcome, they are abandoning the government, even turning against it, with potentially major implications for regime stability. Lamote also points to another problem, hitherto little recognized in the West: the severe disaffection of Iran's Sunni population, some nine million strong.

Middle East Quarterly, December 1994