Mullahs, guards, and bonyads : an exploration of Iranian leadership dynamics /

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The Islamic Republic of Iran poses serious challenges to U.S. interests in the Middle East, and its nuclear program continues to worry, and bring condemnation and sanction from, the international community. Yet the U.S. ability to "read" the regime in Tehran and formulate appropriate polic...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense, National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
Otros Autores: Thaler, David E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, National Defense Research Institute, ©2010.
©2010
Colección:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Temas:
Islam and politics > Iran.
Political culture > Iran.
Civil-military relations > Iran.
Political leadership > Iran.
Regions & Countries > Asia & the Middle East.
Middle East.
History & Archaeology.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > Iran.
HISTORY > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Security (National & International)
Civil-military relations
Diplomatic relations
Islam and politics
Military policy
Political culture
Political leadership
Politics and government
Iran > Politics and government.
Iran > Military policy.
United States > Foreign relations > Iran.
Iran > Foreign relations > United States.
Iran > Foreign relations.
Iran > Politique et gouvernement.
Iran > Relations extérieures.
Iran
United States
Iran > government.
Iran > internal politics.
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Sumario:The Islamic Republic of Iran poses serious challenges to U.S. interests in the Middle East, and its nuclear program continues to worry, and bring condemnation and sanction from, the international community. Yet the U.S. ability to "read" the regime in Tehran and formulate appropriate policies has been handicapped by the lack of access to Iran experienced by U.S. diplomats and other citizens and by what many observers lament as the opacity of Iranian decisionmaking processes. The objective of this book is to offer a framework to help U.S. policymakers and analysts better understand existing and evolving leadership dynamics driving Iranian decisionmaking. The research herein provides not only a basic primer on the structure, institutions, and personalities of the government and other influential power centers but also a better understanding of Iranian elite behavior as a driver of Iranian policy formulation and execution. The book pays special attention to emerging fissures within the regime, competing centers of power, and the primacy of informal networks-- a particularly important yet not well understood hallmark of the Iranian system
Notas:"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, approved for public release, distribution unlimited."
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxiii, 144 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-144).
ISBN:9780833049308
0833049305

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