Squandered Opportunity: Neoclassical Realism and Iranian Foreign Policy

by Thomas Juneau

The Islamic Republic of Iran faced a favorable strategic environment following the US invasions of Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. Its leadership attempted to exploit this window of opportunity by assertively seeking to expand Iran's interests throughout the Middle East. It fell far short, however, of fulfilling its long-standing ambition of becoming the dominant power in the Persian Gulf and a leading regional power in the broader Middle...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804793050
• ISBN13: 9780804793056
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"