Iran and the Postwar Security in the Persian Gulf

Abstract

This report examines key elements of 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. As such, it identifies prevailing trends and tendencies in Iran's regional and international behavior and highlights Iran's attempts to define a new regional role for itself. The report includes an assessment of the significance and likely impact of the Soviet Union's disappearance on short-term Iranian policy calculations and discusses the implications of these developments for U.S. policy in Iran and the Persian Gulf region. The research findings of this report should be of interest to policy planners and analysts concerned with political developments in Iran and Southwest Asia.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA282391

Entities

People

  • Nikola B. Schahgaldian

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central Asia
  • Economic Systems
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • Middle East
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Ideologies
  • Political Systems
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Southwest Asia
  • Terrorists
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.