Iran's security policy in the post-revolutionary era / Daniel Byman ... [et al.].
This report assesses Iran's security policy, examining security institutions and the ambitions of the leaders, decisionmaking and Iran's relationships with other countries.
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| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (135 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- PREFACE; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ACRONYMS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; KEY OBSERVATIONS; METHODOLOGY . . . AND CAVEATS; STRUCTURE; Chapter Two FUNDAMENTAL SOURCES OF IRANIAN FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICIES; SOURCES OF ADVENTURISM; SOURCES OF CONSERVATISM; IMPACT ON IRAN'S FOREIGN POLICY; Chapter Three SECURITY DECISIONMAKING IN IRAN; DECISIONMAKING STYLE: CONSENSUS WITHIN COMPLEXITY; THE IMPLICATIONS OF MULTIPLE INSTITUTIONS; TRENDS IN OVERALL INFLUENCE; Chapter Four MAJOR SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR COMPOSITION; THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES; IRAN'S TWO MILITARIES
- IRAN'S MILITARY FORCES AFTER THE IRAN-IRAQ WARTHE BASIJ; OTHER PARAMILITARY GROUPS AND SECURITY PLAYERS; COMPARING THE SECURITY INSTITUTIONS; THE SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND IRAN'S MILITARY POSTURE; Chapter Five THE MILITARY AND IRANIAN SOCIETY; THE MILITARY AND THE KHATAMI TRANSFORMATION; ARE THE ARMED FORCES LOYAL?; POTENTIAL RED LINES; Chapter Six IMPACT ON FOREIGN POLICY; WHERE THE SECURITY INSTITUTIONS MATTER MOST; RELATIONS WITH REGIONAL STATES AND OTHER IMPORTANT POWERS; KEY TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES; Chapter Seven IMPLICATIONS; FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICIES CANNOT BE SEPARATED
- THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IS INCREASINGLY PRUDENTIRAN INCREASINGLY USES IDEOLOGY AS A MASK FOR REALPOLITIK; IRAN'S DECISIONMAKING IS CHAOTIC BUT NOT ANARCHIC; IMPLEMENTATION IS UNEVEN BUT SELDOM CONFLICTING; IRAN'S SECURITY FORCES ARE SUBORDINATE TO CIVILIAN CONTROL; IRAN'S SECURITY FORCES PREFER SHOWS OF FORCE WHILE SEEKING TO AVOID ACTIVE CONFRONTATIONS; DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IRAN'S REGULAR ARMED FORCES AND ITS REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES ARE DECREASING; ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES REPRESENT EXCEPTIONS TO MANY GENERALIZATIONS; FINAL WORDS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABOUT THE AUTHORS