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Since the 1979 revolution, the ruling establishment of Iran has
developed and articulated a defense strategy reflective of the
country's Iran-Iraq war experience and its international isolation.
Its asymmetrical warfare doctrine, use of irregular forces in
military campaigns, deployment of ballistic missiles, use of fast
naval vessels to harass and confuse adversaries, and finally
development of a sophisticated cyber warfare capability, are all
features of this unique defense strategy. Based on a wide range of
primary sources in Persian, Arabic and English, Gawdat Bahgat and
Anoushiravan Ehteshami offer a detailed and authoritative analysis
of Iran's defense strategy. Additionally, this book provides a
comparative analysis of the Islamic Republic's capabilities in
relation to Israel and Saudi Arabia, its main regional adversaries.
Framing Tehran's threat perceptions following the revolution within
a wider historical context, this book will facilitate further
analytical reflections on the country's changing role in the
region, and its relations further afield, with the United States,
Europe, Russia and China.
Since the 1979 revolution, the ruling establishment of Iran has
developed and articulated a defense strategy reflective of the
country's Iran-Iraq war experience and its international isolation.
Its asymmetrical warfare doctrine, use of irregular forces in
military campaigns, deployment of ballistic missiles, use of fast
naval vessels to harass and confuse adversaries, and finally
development of a sophisticated cyber warfare capability, are all
features of this unique defense strategy. Based on a wide range of
primary sources in Persian, Arabic and English, Gawdat Bahgat and
Anoushiravan Ehteshami offer a detailed and authoritative analysis
of Iran's defense strategy. Additionally, this book provides a
comparative analysis of the Islamic Republic's capabilities in
relation to Israel and Saudi Arabia, its main regional adversaries.
Framing Tehran's threat perceptions following the revolution within
a wider historical context, this book will facilitate further
analytical reflections on the country's changing role in the
region, and its relations further afield, with the United States,
Europe, Russia and China.
Provides an account of the discovery of oil in the Persian Gulf and
the tension between domestic forces and international companies
over the ownership of these resources, then examines price
fluctuations from 1973 to 1998, analyzes dynamics of both demand
and supply policies, and demonstrates the unique characteristics of
the Gulf that will keep it as the major player in the oil industry
well into the 21st century. Argues that the North Sea and Caspian
Basin cannot replace the Gulf as the dominant player in energy
politics.
This book provides a detailed analysis of the complicated relations
between Iran and its Arab neighbours. Arab perceptions of Iran, its
regional policies and role in the Arab region, have never been more
complicated than today. How is one to make sense of the
increasingly complex and at times tense relationship between Iran
and its Arab neighbours? Given the strategic significance of this
sub-region and the importance of relations between its states to
international security, this edited volume systematically accounts
for each Arab neighbour's perception, policies and approach towards
the Islamic republic, for the first time providing a clear and
detailed comparative analysis of these relationships. This book,
bringing together a group of leading scholars of the region, not
only provides a clear lens for the policy community through which
to gauge the causes of change and the reasons for continuity in
relations, but also offers an invaluable tool for scholars of the
wider region and the growing community of researchers focusing on
this sub-region.
This book provides a detailed analysis of the complicated relations
between Iran and its Arab neighbours. Arab perceptions of Iran, its
regional policies and role in the Arab region, have never been more
complicated than today. How is one to make sense of the
increasingly complex and at times tense relationship between Iran
and its Arab neighbours? Given the strategic significance of this
sub-region and the importance of relations between its states to
international security, this edited volume systematically accounts
for each Arab neighbour's perception, policies and approach towards
the Islamic republic, for the first time providing a clear and
detailed comparative analysis of these relationships. This book,
bringing together a group of leading scholars of the region, not
only provides a clear lens for the policy community through which
to gauge the causes of change and the reasons for continuity in
relations, but also offers an invaluable tool for scholars of the
wider region and the growing community of researchers focusing on
this sub-region.
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) are often seen as a threat to western
nations. They raise political issues about the nature of their
ownership, origin, objectives, portfolio & performance, &
are regarded with suspicion by countries in which the SWFs invest.
This text provides a comparative study of the 7 largest SWF holding
countries.
In the last decade Russia has searched for new alternative policies
to compensate for its political deficiencies and to balance its
rivals in one of the key areas of the approaching geopolitical
rivalry, the sea. The Russian assertiveness seen in the Black
Sea-Mediterranean basin has recently been a real concern for the
international community. In the six chapters of this book,
contributors explain Moscow’s newly perceived assertive foreign
and security behavior in the Black Sea and Mediterranean basin from
their own perspectives, and reach a conclusion about the limits and
validity of this new Russian ascendance in the region.
This book examines the origin, nature, the portfolio,
organizational structure and operation of the seven largest SWFs
from the perspective of the holding countries. Uniquely it tackles
the issues from the perspectives of those non-OECD countries whose
access to funds creates the most concern.
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