Arms Control and Iranian Foreign Policy : Diplomacy of Discontent

ISBN-13: 9780415611657 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 304 str.

Bobi Pirseyedi;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

This text examines how Iran's arms control operations have been driven by external threat as well as regional power aspirations, and have been marked by a sense of grievance.

Recenzje

"Pirseyedi provides the first comprehensive account of arms control diplomacy under the Iranian regime. He examines Iran’s diplomatic relations in the area of arms control, and how arms control has been an integral part of its foreign policy throughout the Islamic Republic’s history." - Survival

Spis treści

Introduction Part 1: Conventional Arms Control 1. Islamic Iran and the Shah’s Military Legacy 2. Arms Control in the Context of War: The Iran--Iraq Conflict 3. From the Cease-Fire to Global Security Networking Part 2: Chemical and Biological Arms Control 4. Iraqi Chemical Threat 5. Iran’s Post-War Chemical Diplomacy 6. Islamic Iran and Biological Arms Control Part 3: Nuclear Arms Control 7. Formation of a Diplomatic Approach 8. From the Cease-Fire to the Test-Ban Treaty 9. From the Test-Ban to Iran’s Signing of the Additional Protocol Conclusion Epilogue: the Ahmadinejad Era

O autorze

Bobi Pirseyedi is an independent scholar, having completed a PhD in Middle East Studies at the University of Durham.