03585nam 22005894a 450 991022013790332120200520144314.00-8330-3244-5(CKB)111056486805440(EBL)227914(OCoLC)475935479(SSID)ssj0000183688(PQKBManifestationID)11170625(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183688(PQKBWorkID)10196067(PQKB)10062567(Au-PeEL)EBL227914(CaPaEBR)ebr10015438(OCoLC)50851057(MiAaPQ)EBC227914(oapen)doab114501(EXLCZ)9911105648680544020010216d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIran's security policy in the post-revolutionary era /Daniel Byman ... [et al.]1st ed.Santa Monica, CA RAND20011 online resource (135 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8330-2971-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-111).PREFACE; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACRONYMS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; KEY OBSERVATIONS; METHODOLOGY . . . AND CAVEATS; STRUCTURE; Chapter Two FUNDAMENTAL SOURCES OF IRANIAN FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICIES; SOURCES OF ADVENTURISM; SOURCES OF CONSERVATISM; IMPACT ON IRAN'S FOREIGN POLICY; Chapter Three SECURITY DECISIONMAKING IN IRAN; DECISIONMAKING STYLE: CONSENSUS WITHIN COMPLEXITY; THE IMPLICATIONS OF MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS; TRENDS IN OVERALL INFLUENCE; Chapter Four MAJOR SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR COMPOSITION; THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES; IRAN'S TWO MILITARIESIRAN'S MILITARY FORCES AFTER THE IRAN-IRAQ WARTHE BASIJ; OTHER PARAMILITARY GROUPS AND SECURITY PLAYERS; COMPARING THE SECURITY INSTITUTIONS; THE SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND IRAN'S MILITARY POSTURE; Chapter Five THE MILITARY AND IRANIAN SOCIETY; THE MILITARY AND THE KHATAMI TRANSFORMATION; ARE THE ARMED FORCES LOYAL?; POTENTIAL RED LINES; Chapter Six IMPACT ON FOREIGN POLICY; WHERE THE SECURITY INSTITUTIONS MATTER MOST; RELATIONS WITH REGIONAL STATES AND OTHER IMPORTANT POWERS; KEY TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES; Chapter Seven IMPLICATIONS; FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICIES CANNOT BE SEPARATEDTHE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IS INCREASINGLY PRUDENTIRAN INCREASINGLY USES IDEOLOGY AS A MASK FOR REALPOLITIK; IRAN'S DECISIONMAKING IS CHAOTIC BUT NOT ANARCHIC; IMPLEMENTATION IS UNEVEN BUT SELDOM CONFLICTING; IRAN'S SECURITY FORCES ARE SUBORDINATE TO CIVILIAN CONTROL; IRAN'S SECURITY FORCES PREFER SHOWS OF FORCE WHILE SEEKING TO AVOID ACTIVE CONFRONTATIONS; DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IRAN'S REGULAR ARMED FORCES AND ITS REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES ARE DECREASING; ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES REPRESENT EXCEPTIONS TO MANY GENERALIZATIONS; FINAL WORDS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABOUT THE AUTHORSThis report assesses Iran's security policy, examining security institutions and the ambitions of the leaders, decisionmaking and Iran's relationships with other countries.National securityIranIranMilitary policyIranPolitics and government1979-1997National security355/.033055Byman Daniel1967-720316MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220137903321Iran's security policy in the post-revolutionary era2073725UNINA