| The Rise of the Pasdaran. Assessing the Domestic Roles of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps |
Jan-2009 |
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Brian Nichiporuk; S R Bohandy; Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D Green; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell; Rasool Nafisi; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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 | Founded by a decree from Ayatollah Khomeini shortly after the victory of the 1978 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has evolved well beyond its original foundations as an ideological guard for the nascent revolutionary regime. Today, the IRGC functions as an expansive socio-political-economic conglomerate whose influence extends into virtually every corner of Iranian political life and society. Bound together by the shared experience of war and ... |
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| Saudi-Iranian Relations Since the Fall of Saddam. Rivalry, Cooperation, and Implications for U.S. Policy |
Jan-2009 |
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| Authors:
Frederic Wehrey; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell; Theodore W Karasik; Jeremy Ghez; Robert A Guffey; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 2003 and the war in Iraq have affected sweeping changes in the strategic landscape of the Middle East, radically shifting the regional balance of power. Old security paradigms have been thrown into question, and local states appear to be reaffirming, renegotiating, or rethinking their relations with one another and with outside powers. Saudi Arabia and Iran have in many respects been the ... |
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| Dangerous But Not Omnipotent: Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East |
Jan-2009 |
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Nora Bensahel; Kim Cragin; Dalia D Kaye; Frederic Wehrey; Nadia Oweidat; Jerrold D Green; David E Thaler; Jennifer Li; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Following the U.S. invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, the Iranian threat to U.S. interests has taken on seemingly unprecedented qualities of aggressiveness and urgency. Added to its provocative positions on the nuclear program, support for non-state militants, and development of threatening military capabilities is the sense that Iran is trying to effect far-reaching changes on the regional and even global stage. Within this context, this report aims to provide policy ... |
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| More Freedom, Less Terror? Liberalization and Political Violence in the Arab World |
01-Jan-2008 |
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| Authors:
Dale Stahl; Dalia D Kaye; Frederic Wehrey; Audra K Grant; RAND CORP ARLINGTON VA NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIV
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| In 2003, President Bush lamented, "Sixty years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in the Middle East did nothing to make us safe," transforming democracy promotion into a national security priority. According to this logic, America must promote democracy as an antidote to terrorism; democracy promotion could no longer be relegated to obscure bureaus of the U.S. government. After 9/11 revealed the threats posed by extremism ... |
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