U.S.-Iran relations continue to be an international security
problem in the Middle East. These two countries could have been
friends, but instead they have become enemies. Stating this thesis
raises the following questions: Why are the United States and Iran
enemies? How and when did this relationship come to be? When the
relationship began to deteriorate, could it have been reversed?
What lessons can be learned from an analysis of past U.S.-Iranian
relations and what are the implications for their present and
future relations? Akan Malici and Stephen G. Walker argue that the
dynamics of U.S.-Iran relations are based on role conflicts. Iran
has long desired to enact roles of active independence and national
sovereignty in world politics. However, it continued to be cast by
others into client or rebel roles of national inferiority. In this
book the authors examine these role conflicts during three crucial
episodes in U.S.-Iran relations: the oil nationalization crisis and
the ensuing clandestine coup aided by the CIA to overthrow the
Iranian regime in 1950 to 1953; the Iranian revolution followed by
the hostage crisis in 1979 to 1981; the reformist years pre- and
post- 9/11 under Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2002. Their
application of role theory is theoretically and methodologically
progressive and innovative in illuminating aspects of U.S.-Iran
relations. It allows for a better understanding of the past,
navigating the present, and anticipating the future in order to
avoid foreign policy mistakes. Role Theory and Role Conflict in
U.S.-Iran Relations is a useful resource for international
relations and foreign policy scholars who want to learn more about
progress in international relations theory and U.S. relations with
Iran.
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