Author: Dr Shah Alam
Pages: 188
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9789385563225
Size: 6 * 9
Publication Date: Apr 2016
Price: 795/-
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Domestic political dynamics have been playing critical role since 1979 in shaping Iran’s foreign and security policy. The Revolution 1979 erupted due to Shah’s despotic domestic policies and his heavy dependence on the West and the United States. The expression of domestic circumstances on Iran’s foreign and security policy came in 1979 that continued and still persists. Domestic political influence over Iran’s foreign and security policy and vice-versa has been continuing since 1979 as demonstrate from the country’s behaviour. President Rouhani’s policies reflect that the complex relationship between domestic politics and foreign-security policy established in the yearly period of the Revolution which continued. The book exposes domestic circumstances and political dynamics and their impact on Iran’s foreign and security policy.
About the Author
Dr. Shah Alam is Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), and affiliated with Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), New Delhi, India. He did Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. He has worked with the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), and the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India. Specialising on Iran and Gulf Studies, his areas of interests also includes West Asia, Pakistan, and the Caspian Sea Basin. He has written a number of research articles on domestic politics, foreign policy, national security, defence, strategy, and energy security. He has published three books titled, Social and Political Transformation in Iran Since 1979: The Role of Islam (New Delhi: Vij Books, 2015), Pakistan Military’s Role in Governance (New Delhi: KW Publishers, 2012), Pakistan Army: Modernisation, Arms Procurement and Capacity Building (New Delhi: Vij Books, 2012), and a paper titled, The Military’s Role in Pakistan’s Polity (New Delhi: KW Publishers, 2011). He has also co-authored a monograph titled, Persian Gulf States and the 9/11 Attacks: An Analysis (New Delhi: Anamaya Publishers, 2004).
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