The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Prospects for Change and Continuity

Abstract

Review article of two books:

1.   Mahmood Sariolghalam, The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Theoretical Revision and the Coalition Paradigm (Tehran: Center for Strategic Research, CSR Press, 2005, 236 pp.).

2.      Shahram Akbarzadeh and Dara Conduit, eds. Iran in the World: President Rouhani’s Foreign Policy (repr., Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, 206 pp., USD 79.20, eBook).

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Keywords

• Islamic Republic of Iran,Foreign Policy,Rouhani

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