Iran's Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus
Iran's Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus

Author: Marzieh Kouhi-Esfahani

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-01-10

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 135138919X

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Iran’s role as a regional power is more significant than many in the West may realise. The country lies between Central Asia/the Caucasus and the Gulf region on the one hand, and, on the other, between the Mediterranean/Levant region and South Asia. Many of these areas are of increasing strategic importance. This book explores Iran’s role as a regional power, focusing on relations with South Caucasus countries - Azerbaijan and Armenia. It outlines the historical context, including Persia’s rule of these countries before the nineteenth century, and discusses Iran’s approach to foreign and regional policy and how both internal and international factors shape these policies. The book assesses Iran–Azerbaijan and Iran–Armenia bilateral relations to demonstrate how those policies translate in Iran's regional and bilateral relations. The book concludes by considering how Iran's relations in the region are likely to develop in the future.

Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus
Islamic Republic of Iran’s Foreign Policy in the South Caucasus

Author: Shabnam Dadparvar

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2023-10-09

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 1527547795

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This book delves into the connections between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the countries of the southern Caucasus region following the 1979 revolution. It focuses on their political, economic, and cultural interactions and elaborates on Iran's foreign policy principles, discourses, and significant decision-making institutions. It also addresses the process of nation-state building in the southern Caucasus, the challenges involved, and the geopolitical and strategic importance of this area for Iran. Factors influencing the relations are scrutinised, alongside an evaluation of the proposed accession of the Republic of Azerbaijan into Iran, based on insights from Hashemi Rafsanjani's diary. The work further investigates the legal framework of the Caspian Sea and Aras River, examines the strategic implications of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict for Iran and other relevant actors, and analyses the repercussions of the Ukraine war on transportation routes. This book will help researchers of the Middle East and the Caucasus better understand Iran's relations with the region.

Iran in a Reconnecting Eurasia
Iran in a Reconnecting Eurasia

Author: Mohsen Milani

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2016-04-27

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 144225937X

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Iran in a Reconnecting Eurasia examines the full scope of Iranian national interests in the South Caucasus and Central Asia and analyzes the broad outlines of Iranian engagement over the coming years. It is part of a six-part CSIS series, “Eurasia from the Outside In,” which includes studies focusing on Turkey, the European Union, Iran, India, Russia, and China.

Iranian Foreign Policy Since 2001
Iranian Foreign Policy Since 2001

Author: Thomas Juneau

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-07-24

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1135013896

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Examining Iranian foreign policy, with a focus on the years since 2001, this book analyses the defining feature of Iran’s international and regional posture, its strategic loneliness, and the implications of this for the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy. Iranian Foreign Policy since 2001 offers an in-depth analysis of the key drivers behind Iran’s foreign policy; power, strategic culture, and ideology. In addition, the authors examine Iran’s relations with key countries and regions, including its often tenuous relations with China, Russia and America, as well as its bilateral relations with non-state actors such as Hezbollah. The common thread running throughout the volume is that Iran is alone in the world: regardless of its political manoeuvrings, the Islamic Republic’s regional and international posture is largely one of strategic loneliness. Assimilating contributions from the US, Canada, Europe and Iran, this book provides an international perspective, both at the theoretical and practical levels and is essential reading for those with an interest in Middle Eastern Politics, International Relations and Political Science more broadly.

From Revolution to Realpolitik
From Revolution to Realpolitik

Author: William Jerry Johnston

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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ABSTRACT: Iran's foreign policy in Central Asia and the South Caucasus since 1991 serves to show Tehran's foreign policy shift from revolutionary Islam to realpolitik. The Islamic Republic's failure to export the Islamic Revolution as well as economic troubles precipitated by the Iran-Iraq War led Tehran to act with more pragmatism in its foreign policy endeavors after Soviet Union disintegration. The shift to realpolitik reflects Iran's failure to support revolutionary Islam in Tajikistan as well as tacit support for Armenia instead of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This paper examines the strong role power politics now play in Iran's foreign policy at the expense of revolutionary Islam, particularly with regards to its relationships with Central Asia, the South Caucasus, and Russia.

After Khomeini
After Khomeini

Author: K. L. Afrasiabi

Publisher: Westview Press

Published: 1994-11-16

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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Offering a perspective on the dynamics of post-Khomeini foreign policy in Iran, this work seeks to identify the sources, tensions and dilemmas of restructuring policy in the post-Cold War era. Special attention is given to Iran's Persian Gulf policy and to Iran's new Central Asia/Caucasus policy.

Iran and the Former Soviet South
Iran and the Former Soviet South

Author: Edmund Herzig

Publisher: Chatham House (Formerly Riia)

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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In the immediate aftermath of the break-up of the USSR, there was widespread concern that Iran would seize the opportunity to export its ideology of Islamic Revolution to the destabilized region. This paper suggests, however, that Iran's policy has been driven more by domestic economic concerns, the desire to break out of international isolation, and a determination not to jeopardise the important relationship with Russia. It examines Iran's political, economic and ideological interests in the new states across its northern borders and also considers Central Asian and Transcaucasian perceptions of the benefits and problems of developing links with Iran.

The States of Central Asia and the South Caucasus in the Geopolitical Interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The States of Central Asia and the South Caucasus in the Geopolitical Interests of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Author: Jura Latifov

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-12-13

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781981725205

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The monograph is devoted to the study of the formation and implementation of the geopolitical strategy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Central Asia and the South Caucasus in the period after the states gained political independence in these regions (1992-2016). Chronological sequence reflects the specific features of the development of political processes in the states of Central Asia and the South Caucasus, as well as in Iran itself, the formation of the foreign policy of these states in the process of intergovernmental bilateral and multilateral cooperation. The book is intended for political scientists, international experts, researchers, students, undergraduates and postgraduates studying modern problems of interaction of the Islamic Republic of Iran with the states of Central Asia and the South Caucasus.