Dangerous but not omnipotent exploring the reach and limitations of Iranian power in the Middle East
In an analysis grounded in the observation that although Iranian power projection is marked by strengths, it also has serious liabilities and limitations, this report surveys the nature of both in four critical areas and offers a new U.S. policy paradigm that seeks to manage the challenges Iran pres...
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Santa Monica, CA
RAND Project Air Force
2009, 2009
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references
- Introduction: understanding the Iranian challenge
- Assertiveness and caution in Iranian strategic culture
- Asymmetric ambition and conventional reality: Iran's evolving defense strategy, doctrine, and capabilities
- Iran and its non-state partners: assessing linkages and control
- Arab perceptions of the Iranian threat
- Conclusion: U.S. strategy and the Islamic Republic