Iran's Persian Gulf policy : from Khomeini to Khatami / / Christin Marschall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910813412403321
• Autore: Marschall Christin <1966, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003
• ISBN: 1-134-42990-8; 0-203-41792-5; 1-280-03131-X; 1-134-42991-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Classificazione: 89.90
• Disciplina: 327.55/009/048
• Soggetti: Persian Gulf Region Foreign relations Iran; Iran Foreign relations Persian Gulf Region; Iran Foreign relations 1979-1997; Iran Foreign relations 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. 249-267) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; IRAN'S PERSIAN GULF POLICY: From Khomeini to Khatami; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; INTRODUCTION; 1 FOUNDATIONS OF IRAN'S PERSIAN GULF POLICY; Iran's history in the Persian Gulf; The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Conclusion; 2 IMPACT OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION; Export of revolution; The hajj and ideological rivalry with Saudi Arabia; Conclusion; 3 THE 1980S: Impact of the Iran-Iraq war; From the Provisional Government to the outbreak of war, 1979-1980; Relations during the Iran-Iraq war, 1980-1988; Conclusion; 4 THE 1990S: Gulf Crisis, islands dispute and President KhatamiRelations in view of the Gulf Crisis, 1989-1992; The Abu Musa crisis and its impact on Iranian-Gulf relations; Developments in the relationship under President Khatami; Conclusion; 5 REGIONAL SECURITY CO-OPERATION; The Iranian idea of collective security in the Persian Gulf; The compromise solution: confidence-building and bilateral co-operation in all fields with eventual security co-operation; ; Conclusion; 6 EXTERNAL FACTORS; The United States in the 1980s: from Carter to Reagan and Bush; The United States in the 1990s; The Europeans and the Persian GulfThe effects of the external factors on Iran's relations with the Gulf states; Conclusion; CONCLUSION; NOTE ON SOURCES; INTERVIEWS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the Persian Gulf states from 1979 to 1998.