04078 a2200241 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069040001700087041000900104050002300113082001200136245007400148260014800222300002100370505301400391520029403405651003803699651003403737651004403771700002103815BJBSDDR20230411090718.0ta070421s2010 nyu | |||| 00| 0 eng d a9781601270849 bspacBJBSDDR aeng 14aJQ 1785 bI65 201000a320.95514aThe Iran primer :bpower, politics, and U.S. policy /cRobin B Wright aWashington, D.C. : bUnited States Institute of Peace : Published in collaboration with Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,c2010 a270 p.: c28 cm  aThe challenge of Iran / Robin Wright -- Iran's politics -- The supreme leader / Karim Sadjadpour -- The six presidents / Shaul Bakhash -- The parliament / Farideh Farhi -- The Islamic judiciary / Hadi Ghaemi -- Politics and the clergy / Mehdi Khalaji -- Iran and Islam / Juan Cole -- Iran and democracy / Daniel Brumberg -- The opposition -- The Green Movement / Abbas Milani -- The women's movement / Haleh Esfandiari -- The youth / Omid Memarian and Tara Nesvaderani -- The new political tools / Geneive Abdo -- The Iranian military -- The Revolutionary Guards / Alireza Nader -- The Basij Resistance Force / Ali Alfoneh -- The conventional military / Anthony H. Cordesman -- Iran's military doctrine / Michael Connell -- The nuclear controversy -- Iran's nuclear program / David Albright and Andrea Stricker -- The politics of Iran's nuclear program / Shahram Chubin -- Iran's ballistic missile program / Michael Elleman -- Iran and the IAEA / Michael Adler -- Iran's economy -- The revolutionary economy / Suzanne Maloney -- The oil and gas industry / Fareed Mohamedi -- The subsidies conundrum / Semira N. Nikou -- The bazaar / Kevan Harris -- Sanctions -- U.S. sanctions / Patrick Clawson -- The U.N. resolutions / Jason Starr -- Financial sanctions / Matthew Levitt -- U.S.- Iran -- The Carter Administration / Gary Sick -- The Reagan Administration / Geoffrey Kemp -- The Bush I Administration / Richard N. Haass -- The Clinton Administration / Bruce O. Riedel -- The Bush II Administration / Stephen J. Hadley -- The Obama Administration / John Limbert -- Iran and the region -- Iran and Iraq / Michael Eisenstadt -- Iran and Afghanistan / Mohsen Milani -- Iran and the Gulf States / Afshin Molavi -- Iran and Turkey / Henri J. Barkey -- Iran and Israel / Steven Simon -- Iran and the Palestinians / Rachel Brandenburg -- Iran and Syria / Jubin Goodarzi -- Iran and Lebanon / Emile Hokayem -- Iran and China / John S. Park -- Iran and Russia / Mark N. Katz -- Iran and the European Union / Walter Posch -- Iran's alternative allies / Steven Heydemann -- Policy considerations -- Reading Iran / Ellen Laipson -- Engaging Iran / James Dobbins -- Track II diplomacy / Suzanne DiMaggio -- Containing Iran / Kenneth M. Pollack -- The military option / Dov S. Zakheim -- People, places, and key events -- Iran's power structure / Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Kourosh Rahimkhani -- Iran's political elite / Mehrzad Boroujerdi and Kourosh Rahimkhani -- Timeline of Iran's political events / Semira N. Nikou -- Timeline of Iran's foreign relations / Semira N. Nikou -- Timeline of military and security events / Semira N. Nikou -- Timeline of Iran's nuclear activities / Semira N. Nikou -- Iran's nuclear related sites / Semira N. Nikou -- Timeline of U.S. sanctions / Jason Starr -- U.S. sanctions for human rights abuses / Robin Wright -- Timeline of U.N. resolutions / Jason Starr -- Oil price and production charts / Fareed Mohamedi -- Websites for additional information / Semira N. Nikou -- About the authors. aA comprehensive but concise overview of Iran's politics, economy, military, foreign policy, and nuclear program. The volume provides top-level briefings by 50 top experts on Iran, chronicles U.S.-Iran relations under six American presidents, and probes five options for dealing with Iran.  4aIránxPolitica y gobiernoy1997 4aIránxRelaciones exteriores 4aMedio Oriente xRelaciones exteriores 1 aWright, Robin B.