/ Jerrold D. Green, Frederic Wehrey, Charles Wolf, Jr.
Santa Monica, CA
: RAND
, 2009.
xxi, 143 p. :
col. ill. ;
23 cm.
RAND Corporation monograph series
; National Security Research Division.
Prepared for the Smith Richardson Foundation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-143).
Introduction - Features of the Iranian system - Conclusion: Iran is unlike other countries but hardly beyond understanding - Appendixes: A. Workshop agenda - B. Workshop papers - Decisionmaking for national security: the nuclear case / Shahram Chubin - Negotiating with Iran: a case study / James Dobbins - Iran's defense establishment / Anoush Ehteshami - Negotiating with Iran / Jerrold D. Green - Understanding Ayatollah Khameini: the leader's thoughts on Israel, the U.S., and the nuclear program / Karim Sadjadpour - The politics of factionalism in Iran / Koichiro Tanaka - Economic decisionmaking in Iran / Koichiro Tanaka - Iran in the Arab spere: debating legitimacy, sovereignty, and regional order / Fred Wehrey - Iran's oil sector: questions, puzzles, explanations / Charles Wolf, Jr. - C. Biographies of workshop participants.