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Iran nuclear accord and the remaking of the Middle East
This book focuses on the final nuclear agreement between Iran and the 5+1 great powers, the ensuing debates around it, and its global and regional ramifications especially in the Middle East. The first section analyzes the agreement through the prism of international relations theories, using a constructivist-critical theory approach. This is followed by an overview of the intense debates in Iran, the West, and other parts of the world, on the nuclear agreement and its various pros and cons, not to mention the connected, yet separate Iran-IAEA agreement. The second section covers Iran's foreign policy and its various priorities, looking in particular at the impact of the nuclear deal on the country's external relations and orientations, contextualized in terms of pre-existing issues and concerns and the profound influence of the nuclear agreement on the perceptions of Iranian power in the region and beyond. The third section then examines the issue of a Middle East nuclear weapons-free zone and the likely consequences of the Iran nuclear deal on this prospect, which, in turn, raises the issue of regional proliferation and counterproliferation. The last section explores some possible various scenarios and the challenges of implementation as a relatively long-term agreement, providing specific policy recommendations for the regional actors and the external powers that are stakeholders in the volatile Middle East.
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Iran nuclear negotiations
In November 2013, a historic agreement on Iran's nuclear program was reached between Iran and the world powers, raising the prospects for a long-term agreement that set the stage for normal relations between Iran and the West. This book provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the agreement and the protracted process that preceded it.
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Kurdish politics in the Middle East
Kurdish Politics in the Middle East analyzes political and social dimensions of Kurdish integration into the mainstream socio-political life in Iran, Iraq, and Turkey. Its central thesis is that ethnic conflict constitutes a major challenge to the contemporary nation-state system in the Middle East. Long vanquished is the illusion of the \"melting pot,\" or the concept that assimilation is an inexorable process produced by \"modernization\" and the emergence of a relatively strong and centralized nation-state system in the region. Perhaps no single phenomenon highlights this thesis more than the historical Kurdish struggle for self-determination. This book's focus is on Kurdish politics and its relationship with broader regional and global developments that affect the Kurds. It does not claim to cover everything Kurdish, and it does not promote the political agenda of any group, movement, or country.
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IRAN-Ethnic Identity and the State in Iran
[...]the Islamic Republic, like its predecessor, failed to cre- ate an encompassing notion of \"Iranianness,\" albeit based on the concept of Islamic unity. [...]as author Alam Saleh explains, Iran's national identity problem has persisted, add- ing to the country's security dilemma.
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Int. J. Middle East Stud. 44 (2012)
The fourth and final factor that Ghanim cites is the lack of international support for the invasion and many of the subsequent occupation policies, which were contributing factors to what the author refers to as Iraq's dysfunctioning government. Both the Kurdish minority and the Shi(i groups that had been victimized by the previous regime took advantage of the post-Saddam political vacuum to become significant power wielders in the country. Ghanim argues that although many individuals and groups were in fact victims of Saddam Hussein's regime, the Kurds and Shi(a have institutionalized their sense of victimization by pushing for a political system that has created new victims.
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Iran's Nuclear Decision-Making Calculus
The United States provided the center with a five-megawatt research reactor, which became fully operational in 1967, and took a major step in assisting the shah's nuclear program by delivering in September ofthat same year a package containing 554 kilograms of highly enriched uranium and 112 grams of plutonium.2 Furthermore, the shah's government signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Canada to facilitate the training and research activities of Iranian scientists.3 In 1972, the shah's government completed a major study on Iran's future energy needs. Arbatov bluntly stated that Soviet intelligence had concluded that the shah planned to make Iran a member of the atomic club and build atomic bombs because he did not wish to be outdone by countries like Israel.7 Moreover, Arbatov stated that the shah would not hesitate to use his nuclear status to blackmail Iran's neighbors and that, in the event of a major conventional war between the Soviet Union and the West, Washington would use a nuclear Iran to tie down a large sector of the Soviet army on the Iranian border in order to delay its deployment to the European theater.\\n40 Ross has also been a strong advocate of strengthening U.S.-Israeli cooperation on confronting Iran's nuclear program.
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