Format:
Online Ressource (ix, 238 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780203213780
,
0203213785
,
9780415156752
,
0415156750
,
9781134730216
,
1134730217
Content:
Book 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.
Content:
It has been the dominant view that both Syria in the 1980s 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-231) and index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
9780203213780
Additional Edition:
0203213785
Additional Edition:
9780415156752
Additional Edition:
0415156750
Additional Edition:
1138883999
Additional Edition:
9781138883994
Additional Edition:
1282778137
Additional Edition:
9781282778139
Additional Edition:
9786612778131
Additional Edition:
661277813X
Additional Edition:
0203213785
Additional Edition:
0415156750
Additional Edition:
0415156750
Additional Edition:
9780415156752
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Ehteshami, Anoushiravan Syria and Iran London ; New York : Routledge, 1997 0415156750
Additional Edition:
9780415156752
Language:
English
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