Forecasting the Future of Iran
Implications for U.S. Strategy and Policy
ResearchPublished Nov 16, 2011
Diplomatic relations between the US and Iran have been frozen since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The current overlaps in US and Iranian interests make the ongoing bilateral impasse ripe for reassessment, but while the potential to advance relations exists, progress will be measured by the development of several key political, economic, civil society, foreign policy, and national security issues in Iran. This study employs an expected utility model to predict how Iranian policy is developing on several of these key issues and explores US strategy and policy options for influencing their development.
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- Year: 2011
- Pages: 312
- Document Number: RGSD-290
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Jesse, Eric, Forecasting the Future of Iran: Implications for U.S. Strategy and Policy, RAND Corporation, RGSD-290, 2011. As of September 12, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD290.html
Jesse, Eric, Forecasting the Future of Iran: Implications for U.S. Strategy and Policy. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2011. https://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD290.html.
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This document was submitted as a dissertation in August 2011 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. The faculty committee that supervised and approved the dissertation consisted of Eric Larson (Chair), Jerrold Green, and Carolyn Wong.
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