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1 online resource (xxiii, 144 pages) : illustrations |
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RAND Corporation monograph series |
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Rand Corporation monograph series.
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"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, approved for public release, distribution unlimited." |
| Summary |
The Islamic Republic of Iran poses serious challenges to U.S. interests in the Middle East, and its nuclear program continues to worry, and bring condemnation and sanction from, the international community. Yet the U.S. ability to "read" the regime in Tehran and formulate appropriate policies has been handicapped by the lack of access to Iran experienced by U.S. diplomats and other citizens and by what many observers lament as the opacity of Iranian decisionmaking processes. The objective of this book is to offer a framework to help U.S. policymakers and analysts better understand existing and evolving leadership dynamics driving Iranian decisionmaking. The research herein provides not only a basic primer on the structure, institutions, and personalities of the government and other influential power centers but also a better understanding of Iranian elite behavior as a driver of Iranian policy formulation and execution. The book pays special attention to emerging fissures within the regime, competing centers of power, and the primacy of informal networks-- a particularly important yet not well understood hallmark of the Iranian system |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-144). |
| Contents |
Introduction : leadership dynamics in the Islamic Republic of Iran -- Assertiveness and caution in Iranian strategic culture -- Formal structures of the Islamic Republic -- Factionalism and the primacy of informal networks -- The nexus of domestic politics and policymaking in Iran -- Conclusion : power and politics in the Islamic Republic. |
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Print version record. |
| Subject |
Iran -- Politics and government.
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Islam and politics -- Iran.
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Political culture -- Iran.
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Civil-military relations -- Iran.
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Iran -- Military policy.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Iran.
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Iran -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Political leadership -- Iran.
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Iran -- Foreign relations.
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Regions & Countries -- Asia & the Middle East.
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Middle East.
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History & Archaeology.
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Iran -- Politique et gouvernement.
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Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire -- Iran.
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Iran -- Relations extérieures.
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HISTORY -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National & International)
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Civil-military relations
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Diplomatic relations
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Islam and politics
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Military policy
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Political culture
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Political leadership
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Politics and government
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Iran https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtrYvcVTwChrDqytBvJXd
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United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
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Iran -- government.
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Iran -- internal politics.
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| Added Author |
Thaler, David E.
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United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.
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National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
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| Added Title |
Exploration of Iranian leadership dynamics |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Mullahs, Guards, and Bonyads. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2010 9780833047731 (DLC) 2009049930 (OCoLC)476836969 |
| ISBN |
9780833049308 (electronic bk.) |
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0833049305 (electronic bk.) |
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9780833047731 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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0833047736 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000051333985 |
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CHNEW 000614255 |
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DEBBG BV043073692 |
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DEBBG BV044142943 |
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DEBSZ 421884053 |
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GBVCP 1008653209 |
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NZ1 13648810 |
