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200 10$aSyria and Iran $emiddle powers in a penetrated regional system /$fAnoushiravan Ehteshami and Raymond A. Hinnebusch
210  1$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d1997.
215   $a1 online resource (249 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-136-72426-5 
311   $a0-415-15675-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [223]-231) and index.
327   $aBook 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
330   $aIt 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...
607   $aSyria$xHistory$y20th century
607   $aSyria$xForeign relations
607   $aIran$xForeign relations$y1979-1997
607   $aSyria$xPolitics and government
607   $aIran$xPolitics and government$y1979-1997
608   $aElectronic books.
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701   $aHinnebusch$b Raymond A$0594679
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