Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-267) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Note on transliteration; Introduction; Foundations of Iran's Persian Gulf policy; The foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran; Conclusion; Impact of the Islamic revolution; Export of revolution; The hajj and ideological rivalry with Saudi Arabia; Conclusion; The 1980s: impact of the Iran Iraq war; Relations during the Iran Iraq war, 1980 1988; Conclusion; The 1990s: Gulf Crisis, islands dispute and President Khatami; Relations in view of the Gulf Crisis, 1989 1992; The Abu Musa crisis and its impact on Iranian Gulf relations.
Developments in the relationship under President KhatamiConclusion; Regional security co-operation; The Iranian idea of collective security in the Persian Gulf; The compromise solution: confidence-building and bilateral co-operation in all fields with eventual security co-operation; Conclusion; External factors; The United States in the 1990s; The Europeans and the Persian Gulf; The effects of the external factors on Iran's relati.
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This book examines the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran towards the Persian Gulf states from 1979 to 1998.
Iran's Persian Gulf policy.
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Diplomatic relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.
Iran, Foreign relations, 1979-1997.
Iran, Foreign relations, 1997-
Iran, Foreign relations, Persian Gulf Region.
Persian Gulf Region, Foreign relations, Iran.
Iran, Relations extérieures, 1979-1997.
Iran, Relations extérieures, 1997-
Iran, Relations extérieures, Persique, Région du golfe.
Persique, Région du golfe, Relations extérieures, Iran.