04956nam 2200649 a 450 99632021330331620240516113958.01-280-12685-X9786613530714(CKB)2550000000079505(EBL)846008(OCoLC)768418018(Au-PeEL)EBL846008(CaPaEBR)ebr10527280(MiAaPQ)EBC846008(EXLCZ)99255000000007950520111213d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierIsrael and Iran[electronic resource] a dangerous rivalry /Dalia Dassa Kaye, Alireza Nader, Parisa Roshan1st ed.Santa Monica, Calif. RAND National Defense Research Institutec20111 online resource (117 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8330-5860-6 0-8330-5863-0 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Summary; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE - Introduction; Israel and Iran Increasingly View Each Other as Regional Rivals; The Rivalry Can Further Destabilize the Region, Particularly as Iranian Nuclear Efforts Move Forward; Study Organization and Approach; CHAPTER TWO - A Brief History of Israeli-Iranian Cooperation and Confrontation; The Periphery Doctrine: The Enemies of My Enemy Are My Friends; Military and Economic Cooperation During the Shah's Rule; Israeli-Iranian Cooperation After the 1979 Revolution; A Growing Rivalry; ConclusionCHAPTER THREE - Israeli Perceptions of and Policies Toward Iran Geostrategic Concerns Are Driving Israeli Threat Perceptions of Iran, but So Is Iranian Ideology; Iranian Military Capabilities, Particularly Its Missile Program, Elevated the Iranian Threat in the 1990's; Israeli Concerns About Iran Extend Beyond Military Capabilities to Balance of Power Considerations; Israelis Are Concerned About the Influence a Nuclear Weapon Would Give Iran; Israelis Nonetheless Take Iranian Ideology and Potential Nuclear Use SeriouslyDomestic Differences Emerge over How to Discuss and Respond to the Iranian Challenge Some Debate Has Emerged About the Use of the "Existential Threat" Language; The Greatest Fissures Within the Security Establishment Emerge over Differing Cost-Benefit Assessments of a Military Strike Option; Views of the Effectiveness of Sanctions and Sabotage Efforts Such as Stuxnet, as Well as the U.S. Position, Could Affect the Israeli Debate on the Military Option; Israel and Iran in the Future; Military Doctrine and Policy Are Shifting in Ways That Suggest Some Preparation for a Nuclear Future with IranIsrael's Own Nuclear Posture Could Also Shift with a Nuclear-Armed Iran Conclusion; CHAPTER FOUR - Iranian Perceptions of and Policies Toward Israel; Regime Ideology and Geostrategic Factors Shape Iranian Threat Perceptions of Israel; Iran Views U.S. and Israeli Interests as Nearly Identical; The Regime Views Israel as Undermining Its Stability; The U.S. "Threat" Determines Iran's Military Posture Against Israel; Iran Increasingly Views Israel as a Direct Geopolitical Threat; Domestic Politics Are a Strong Driver of Iranian Policies Toward IsraelDifferent Factions Have Varying Views of Israel The Ascent of the Principlists Has Led to Greater Rivalry; A Future Regime May View Israel Differently; Conclusion; CHAPTER FIVE - Conclusion and Recommendations; U.S. Policies Toward Israel; U.S. Polices Toward Iran; Managing the Rivalry; BibliographyIsrael and Iran have come to view each other as direct regional rivals. The two countries are not natural rivals; they have shared geopolitical interests, which led to years of cooperation both before and after the 1979 Islamic revolution. But their rivalry has intensified recently, particularly with the rise of fundamentalist leaders in Iran and the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran posing grave strategic and ideological challenges to Israel.Nuclear weaponsIranIsraelForeign relationsIranIranForeign relationsIsraelIsraelMilitary policyIranMilitary policyUnited StatesForeign relationsIsraelIsraelForeign relationsUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsIranIranForeign relationsUnited StatesNuclear weapons327.5694055Kaye Dalia Dassa910135Nader Alireza910137Roshan Parisa1031004MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996320213303316Israel and Iran2448170UNISA