This book sheds new light on the emergence and fluctuation of Iran’s connections with non-state entities in the Middle East. The author analyzes Iran’s non-state foreign policy by focusing on specific geopolitical and geocultural threats and opportunities that pushed Tehran to build strategic ties with the Iraqi Kurds and the Lebanese Shia.
Arash Reisinezhad is Post-doctoral Fellow at the Mohsin and Fauzia Jaffer Center for Muslim World Studies at the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs at Florida International University, USA
1. Introduction—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy.- 2. Driving ForcesInception—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in Pre-1958.- 3. Creation—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy 1958-63.- 4. Ascension—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in 1963-68.- 5. Limbo—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in 1968-73.- 6. Downfall—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in 1973-75.- 7. Downfall—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in 1973-75.- 8. Resurrection—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy in 1977-79.- 9. Conclusion—Iran’s Non-State Foreign Policy and the Shah’s Legacy.