Understanding Iran
by Jerrod D. Green
Publisher: RAND Corporation 2008
ISBN/ASIN: 083304558X
ISBN-13: 9780833045584
Number of pages: 167
Description:
A compact, user-friendly handbook for U.S. Policymakers interested in understanding the Islamic Republic of Iran. It synthesizes existing analyses on Iran and draws from non-American experts with a different interpretive lens for viewing the seemingly opaque Iranian system. It provides short analytic observations about the processes, institutions, networks, and actors that define Iran's politics, strategy, economic policy, and diplomacy.
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