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Title
Power, perception, and politics in the making of Iranian grand strategy / Kevjn Lim.
ISBN
9783031043901 (electronic bk.)
3031043901 (electronic bk.)
9783031043895
3031043898
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxii, 353 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-04390-1 doi
Call Number
DS318.38
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.55
Summary
This book explains changes to Iranian grand strategy over the past four decades, and it does so by advancing a multicausal model that unifies the three main paradigms of International Relations (IR) theory. Hence, ideas (constructivism) mediate between the structure of material capabilities (realism) and agents (liberalism) and interact with each to produce, respectively, threat perception and political preferences. Using these two explanatory factors, the author demonstrates how the Islamic Republics grand strategy has systematically varied over time to produce a mix of outcomes that includes balancing, expansionism, bandwagoning, appeasement, engagement and retrenchment. Beyond its theoretical contribution, this book is policy-relevant in that it explains and predicts the external conduct of what is arguably the Middle Easts most consequential actor, with implications reverberating far beyond the region. Academic in conception and rigor, the book is intended not only for specialists and practitioners but appeals to the lay reader interested in the broader Middle East/West Asia, the regions relationship with major powers, and regional conflict dynamics. Dr. Kevjn Lim is Middle East and North Africa principal research analyst, and Iran country risk lead at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction: The riddle of Irans external conduct
Chapter One Towards a dynamic-integrative model of grand strategic adjustments
Chapter Two The theoretical model in context
Chapter Three After the Big Bang: revolution, war, and elusive victories, 1979-88
Chapter Four Sobering up and adjusting course, 1989-91
Chapter Five More looming threats, 1991-97
Chapter Six Resurrected engagement, 1997-2001
Chapter Seven Ambiguous embrace, 2001-05
Chapter Eight Resurgent revisionism and the path to confrontation
Chapter Nine Precarious under pressure, 2009-13
Chapter Ten Averting one war, igniting another, 2013-17
Conclusion: Iranian grand strategy between crusade and crisis.
