Analyzes the U.S. foreign policy toward Iran and the Middle East Explains the Islamic Republic's unique political system and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Highlights the implementation of the JCPOA, limited terror and regional military involvement, and reforming Iran's economy

Autorentext

Ofira Seliktar is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Gratz College, USA. She is widely published and recently co-authored Iran, Israel, and the United States:The Politics of Counterproliferation Nuclear Intelligence with Farhad Rezaei. Farhad Rezaei is a Research Fellow at the Center for International Policy Studies (CIPS) at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. He is also Iran's foreign policy analyst and author of numerous books and articles on Iran's foreign policy, Iran's nuclear program, nuclear intelligence, and nuclear and radiological terrorism. He recently authored Iran's Foreign Policy After the Nuclear Agreement: Politics of Normalizers and Traditionalists.

Inhalt

1. The Negotiated Political Order and the Making of Iran's Foreign Policy.- 2. Iran and the United States: The Rise and Fall of the Brief Détente.- 3. Iran and Russia: Completing the Pivot to the East?.- 4. Iran and the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities.- 5. Iran and Iraq: The Lebanonization Project in the Balance.- 6. Iran and Syria: Leveraging the Victory?.- 7. Iran and Saudi Arabia: The Struggle for Regional Hegemony and Islamic Primacy.- 8. Iran and Turkey: Frenemies for Ever?.- 9. Iran and Israel: Taking on the "Zionist Enemy".- 10. Conclusions.