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Tables of Contents for Iran's Security Policy in the Post-Revolutionary Era
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
iii
Tables
ix
Summary
xi
Acknowledgments
xvii
Acronyms
xix
Introduction
1
6
Key Observations
2
1
Methodology...and Caveats
3
1
Structure
4
3
Fundamental Sources of Iranian Foreign and Security Policies
7
14
Sources of Adventurism
7
3
Revolutionary Islam
8
1
Persian Nationalism
9
1
Sources of Conservatism
10
9
Geopolitics
10
3
Ethnicity and Communalism
13
3
Economics
16
3
Impact on Iran's Foreign Policy
19
2
Security Decisionmaking in Iran
21
10
Decisionmaking Style: Consensus Within Complexity
21
5
Formal Decisionmaking Structures
23
2
Key Informal Mechanisms
25
1
The Implications of Multiple Institutions
26
2
How Influences Is Expressed
27
1
Trends in Overall Influence
28
3
Major Security Institutions and Their Composition
31
14
The Intelligence Services
31
1
Iran's Two Militaries
32
4
The Emergence of an Islamized Military
33
2
The Legacy of the Iran-Iraq War
35
1
Iran's Military Forces After the Iran-Iraq War
36
2
The Basij
38
1
Other Paramilitary Groups and Security Players
39
2
Comparing the Security Institutions
41
1
The Security Institutions and Iran's Military Posture
42
3
The Drive for Military Autonomy
43
1
A Commitment to Military Professionalism
43
2
The Military and Iranian Society
45
8
The Military and the Khatami Transformation
45
3
Are the Armed Forces Loyal?
48
3
Potential Red Lines
51
2
Impact on Foreign Policy
53
46
Where the Security Institutions Matter Most
54
1
Relations with Regional States and Other Important Powers
55
37
Iraq
55
4
Russia
59
3
China
62
3
Turkey
65
4
Afghanistan
69
3
Pakistan
72
2
The Gulf States
74
3
Central Asia and the Caucasus
77
4
Syria and Lebanon
81
2
Israel
83
3
Europe
86
1
The United States
87
5
Key Transnational Issues
92
7
Support for Islamic Radicals
92
2
Commitment to WMD and Missiles
94
5
Implications
99
6
Foreign and Security Policies Cannot Be Separated
99
1
The Islamic Republic Is Increasingly Prudent
100
1
Iran Increasingly Uses Ideology as a Mask for Realpolitik
100
1
Iran's Decisionmaking Is Chaotic but Not Anarchic
100
1
Implementation Is Uneven but Seldom Conflicting
101
1
Iran's Security Forces Are Subordinate to Civilian Control
101
1
Iran's Security Forces Prefer Shows of Force While Seeking to Avoid Active Confrontations
102
1
Differences Between Iran's Regular Armed Forces and Its Revolutionary Armed Forces are Decreasing
102
1
Israel and the United States Represent Exceptions to Many Generalizations
102
1
Final Words
103
2
Bibliography
105
8
About the Authors
113
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