UID:
almafu_9959235192802883
Format:
1 online resource (249 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-85567-234-0
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1-134-73020-9
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1-138-88399-9
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1-282-77813-7
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9786612778131
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1-134-73021-7
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0-203-21378-5
Content:
It 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...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-136-72426-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-15675-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203213780
