Assessing the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' extraterritorial activities in attaining Iran's foreign policy goals
[Thesis]
Hamza Demirel
Karp, Regina C.
Old Dominion University
2016
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Committee members: Earnest, David C.; Hanioglu, Sukru
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-24500-4
Ph.D.
International Studies
Old Dominion University
2016
This dissertation aims at analyzing the role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' (IRGC) extraterritorial activities in attaining Iran's foreign policy goals. Based on observations and assessments from internal and external determinants, Iran's foreign policy goals are defined as follows: regime survival, which is an indispensable goal of Iranian foreign policy, is above everything; state security and survival; projecting power and becoming the dominant power in the region.
Middle Eastern Studies; International Relations; Political science
Social sciences;Extraterritorial activities;Iran;Iranian foreign policy