Dangerous but not omnipotent : exploring the reach and limitations of Iranian power in the Middle East / / Frederic Wehrey ... [et al.]
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| Titolo: |
Dangerous but not omnipotent : exploring the reach and limitations of Iranian power in the Middle East / / Frederic Wehrey ... [et al.]
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (233 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 327.73055 |
| Soggetto topico: | Political culture - Iran |
| State-sponsored terrorism - Iran | |
| Terrorism - Middle East | |
| Weapons of mass destruction - Iran | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations Iran |
| Iran Foreign relations United States | |
| Iran Politics and government 1997- | |
| Iran Military policy | |
| Iran Foreign relations Middle East | |
| Middle East Foreign relations Iran | |
| Altri autori: |
WehreyFrederic M
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Table; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE Introduction: Understanding the Iranian Challenge; CHAPTER TWO Assertiveness and Caution in Iranian Strategic Culture; CHAPTER THREE Asymmetric Ambition and Conventional Reality: Iran's Evolving Defense Strategy, Doctrine, and Capabilities; CHAPTER FOUR Iran and Its Non-State Partners: Assessing Linkages and Control; CHAPTER FIVE Arab Perceptions of the Iranian Threat; CHAPTER SIX Conclusion: U.S. Strategy and the IslamicRepublic; References |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In an analysis grounded in the observation that although Iranian power projection is marked by strengths, it also has serious liabilities and limitations, this report surveys the nature of both in four critical areas and offers a new U.S. policy paradigm that seeks to manage the challenges Iran presents through the exploitation of regional barriers to its power and sources of caution in the regime's strategic calculus. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Dangerous but not omnipotent |
| ISBN: | 1-282-28267-0 |
| 9786612282676 | |
| 0-8330-4720-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910220158603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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