Why read Iran's Persian Gulf Policy?

Book cover of Iran's Persian Gulf Policy: From Khomeini to Khatami

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The study is based on Persian, Arabic, English, French and German newspaper reports, as well as interviews with Iranian and Arab diplomats - adds a novel and interesting aspect to the study

Will appeal to the general reader interested in the Modern Middle East, as well as policy-makers and students…

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1 author picked Iran's Persian Gulf Policy as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Birol Baskan

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After the US it is Iran. In fact the US is in the Gulf thanks and due to Iran. Iran poses a, real or perceived, security risk to other littoral states of the Gulf and balancing it constitutes the latter’s sublime foreign policy objective. It is also due to Iran that the Arab Gulf states spend billions of dollars on their armaments and engage in proxy-power struggles in other parts of the Middle East. Why is Iran a pariah in the Gulf? For a solid account read this book.

From Birol's list on The best books on international politics of the Persian/Arabian Gulf.