More than 30 years after Iran's revolution, its political, military, and international activities continue to challenge and perplex its neighbors and many Western democracies. RAND research has informed and influenced U.S. policymakers on a range of topics, from engagement and containment and Tehran's ability to exploit pan-Islamic causes to Iran's ongoing development of nuclear capabilities.
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Published commentary by RAND
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Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Published commentary by RAND staff.
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Published commentary by RAND staff.
COMMENTARY
The Atlantic Monthly Magazine features a compilation of ten short essays written by experts at RAND, collectively titled Headlines Over the Horizon. The RAND authors examined developments in international and military affairs drawing little attention today that are expected to be major issues in the next three to five years.
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Statement for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Terrorism and politics in Iran
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Examines Iran's present foreign policy attitudes and its likely future direction over the next few years under the impact of recent domestic Iranian political changes and the emerging postwar security environment in the Persian Gulf region.
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Examines the economic, religious, and ethnic connections between Transcaucasian and Central Asian Countries (CACs) and Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Russia.
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Examines the information current at the time about the seven American hostages held in Lebanon. The author discusses the identity and nature of the captors, and then focuses on the degree to which Iran can influence or control them.
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Focus on the American hostage crisis obscures the fact that no facet of the conflict in Iran is likely to affect the post-crisis political environment more fundamentally than unrest and militancy among the state's ethnic minorities.
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Compares development of relations between Cuba and the Soviet Union with relations between Iran and the United States.
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An investigation of the economic and political aspects of life in Iran as they relate to her role in Middle Eastern and international affairs. In the past ten years, Iran has become increasingly capable of playing a strong and assertive international...
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A discussion of two major interruptions in the supply of oil from the Middle East which have occurred in the present decade, in Iran in 1951 and at Suez in 1956. The resulting oil shortages resolved themselves into shipping crises which were met by r...
PEOPLE
Senior Defense Analyst
Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; B.S. in economics, California Institute of Technology
PEOPLE
Senior Political Scientist
Ph.D., M.A., and B.A. in political science, University of California, Berkeley
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Senior International Policy Analyst
M.A. in international affairs, The George Washington University; B.A. in political science, University of California, Santa Barbara
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