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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783965503321

Autore

Ehteshami Anoushiravan

Titolo

Syria and Iran : middle powers in a penetrated regional system / / Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Raymond A. Hinnebusch

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-134-73020-9

1-138-88399-9

1-282-77813-7

9786612778131

1-134-73021-7

0-203-21378-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HinnebuschRaymond A

Disciplina

327.0956

327.5691055

Soggetti

Syria History 20th century

Syria Foreign relations

Iran Foreign relations 1979-1997

Syria Politics and government

Iran Politics and government 1979-1997

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Middle East international relations: a conceptual framework; The foreign policy of Iran; The foreign policy of Syria; The Syrian-Iranian alliance and the struggle for the Middle East; The Shi'a and the struggle for Lebanon; Syria, Iran and the Arab-Israeli peace process; Conclusions: regional middle powers in a penetrated regional system; Appendix: chronology of Syrian-Iranian relations; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

It has been the dominant view that both Syria in the 1980's and Iran today have acted as rogue states in the Middle East threatening to upset the stability of the region. In this innovative new study, Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Raymond Hinnebusch show that these two



countries have in fact acted in a rational fashion pursuing the aim of containing Western influence. This book demonstrates how Syrian foreign policy resembles the ""rational actor"" model and Iran's rational factions in government guide its diplomacy. Syria and Iran's foreign policies are shown to be conventional ones, of ""real...