Iran's Security Policy in the Post-Revolutionary Era

Religion, nationalism, ethnicity, economics, and geopolitics all are important in explaining Iran's goals and tactics in its relationship with the outside world, as are the agendas of key security institutions and the ambitions of their leaders. This report assesses Iran's security policy in light o...

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Main Authors: Byman, Daniel, Chubin, Shahram, Ehteshami, Anoushiravan, Green, Jerrold D.
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author Byman, Daniel
Chubin, Shahram
Ehteshami, Anoushiravan
Green, Jerrold D.
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description Religion, nationalism, ethnicity, economics, and geopolitics all are important in explaining Iran's goals and tactics in its relationship with the outside world, as are the agendas of key security institutions and the ambitions of their leaders. This report assesses Iran's security policy in light of these factors. It examines broad drivers of Iran's security policy, describes important security institutions, explores decisionmaking, and reviews Iran's relations with key countries. The authors conclude that Iraq is widely recognized as the leading threat to Iran's Islamic regime and Afghanistan is seen as an emerging threat. In contrast, Iran has solid, if not necessarily warm, relations with Syria and established working ties to Pakistan and Russia. Iran's policies toward its neighbors are increasingly prudent: It is trying to calm regional tension and end its isolation, although its policies toward Israel and the United States are often an exception to this policy. Iran's security forces, particularly the regular military, are often voices of restraint, preferring shows of force to overactive confrontations. Finally, Iran's security forces generally respect and follow the wishes of Iran's civilian leadership; conducting rogue operations is rare to nonexistent.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1145012024-03-29T19:30:35Z Iran's Security Policy in the Post-Revolutionary Era Byman, Daniel Chubin, Shahram Ehteshami, Anoushiravan Green, Jerrold D. Political Science thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence Religion, nationalism, ethnicity, economics, and geopolitics all are important in explaining Iran's goals and tactics in its relationship with the outside world, as are the agendas of key security institutions and the ambitions of their leaders. This report assesses Iran's security policy in light of these factors. It examines broad drivers of Iran's security policy, describes important security institutions, explores decisionmaking, and reviews Iran's relations with key countries. The authors conclude that Iraq is widely recognized as the leading threat to Iran's Islamic regime and Afghanistan is seen as an emerging threat. In contrast, Iran has solid, if not necessarily warm, relations with Syria and established working ties to Pakistan and Russia. Iran's policies toward its neighbors are increasingly prudent: It is trying to calm regional tension and end its isolation, although its policies toward Israel and the United States are often an exception to this policy. Iran's security forces, particularly the regular military, are often voices of restraint, preferring shows of force to overactive confrontations. Finally, Iran's security forces generally respect and follow the wishes of Iran's civilian leadership; conducting rogue operations is rare to nonexistent. 2023-10-05T10:07:44Z 2023-10-05T10:07:44Z 2001 book ONIX_20231005_9780833032447_275 9780833032447 9780833029713 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/114501 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/MR1320OSD RAND Corporation 10.7249/MR1320OSD 10.7249/MR1320OSD 47ac0b54-b121-491c-a9c8-5ca6776e27cb 9780833032447 9780833029713 open access
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