LEADER 00000cam 2200841Ii 4500 001 ocn430964762 003 OCoLC 005 20160518074637.2 006 m o d 007 cr cnu---unuuu 008 090818s2009 cauab ob 000 0 eng d 019 335082195|a620436305|a647758958|a733949042|a906932378 020 9780833047205|q(electronic bk.) 020 0833047205|q(electronic bk.) 027 RAND/MG-781-AF 035 (OCoLC)430964762|z(OCoLC)335082195|z(OCoLC)620436305 |z(OCoLC)647758958|z(OCoLC)733949042|z(OCoLC)906932378 040 N$T|beng|epn|erda|cN$T|dOCLCQ|dEBLCP|dDOS|dXBM|dCLU|dIDEBK |dE7B|dOCLCQ|dMHW|dOCLCQ|dMYPMP|dOCLCQ|dOCLCO|dOCLCQ |dYDXCP|dOCLCA|dOCLCQ|dJSTOR|dUBY|dOCLCF|dOCLCO|dOCL |dTEFOD|dBWS|dOCL|dOCLCQ|dTEFOD|dDEBSZ|dS3O 043 n-us---|aa-ir---|aaw----- 049 GTKE 050 4 E183.8.I55|bD355 2009eb 082 04 327.73055|222 245 00 Dangerous but not omnipotent :|bexploring the reach and limitations of Iranian power in the Middle East / |cFrederic Wehrey [and others]. 264 1 Santa Monica, CA :|bRAND Project Air Force,|c2009. 300 1 online resource (xxviii, 203 pages) :|bcolor illustrations, color map. 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 490 1 Rand Corporation monograph series 500 "Prepared for the United States Air Force." 500 "RAND Project Air Force." 500 "MG-781-AF"--Page 4 of cover. 504 Includes bibliographical references. 505 0 Introduction: understanding the Iranian challenge -- Assertiveness and caution in Iranian strategic culture -- Asymmetric ambition and conventional reality: Iran's evolving defense strategy, doctrine, and capabilities -- Iran and its non-state partners: assessing linkages and control -- Arab perceptions of the Iranian threat -- Conclusion: U.S. strategy and the Islamic Republic. 520 In an analysis grounded in the observation that although Iranian power projection is marked by strengths, it also has serious liabilities and limitations, this report surveys the nature of both in four critical areas and offers a new U.S. policy paradigm that seeks to manage the challenges Iran presents through the exploitation of regional barriers to its power and sources of caution in the regime's strategic calculus. 588 0 Print version record. 648 7 Since 1997|2fast 650 0 Political culture|zIran. 650 0 State-sponsored terrorism|zIran. 650 0 Terrorism|zMiddle East. 650 0 Weapons of mass destruction|zIran. 650 0 Political culture. 650 0 State-sponsored terrorism. 650 0 Terrorism. 650 0 Weapons of mass destruction. 650 7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xGovernment|xInternational.|2bisacsh 650 7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xInternational Relations|xGeneral. |2bisacsh 650 7 Diplomatic relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01907412 650 7 Military policy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01021386 650 7 Political culture.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01069263 650 7 Politics and government.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 State-sponsored terrorism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01131965 650 7 Terrorism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01148101 650 7 Weapons of mass destruction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01173041 651 0 United States|xForeign relations|zIran. 651 0 Iran|xForeign relations|zUnited States. 651 0 Iran|xPolitics and government|y1997- 651 0 Iran|xMilitary policy. 651 0 Iran|xForeign relations|zMiddle East. 651 0 Middle East|xForeign relations|zIran. 651 7 Iran.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204889 651 7 Middle East.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01241586 651 7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 Iran|xforeign policy|zMiddle East.|2sipri 655 0 Electronic books. 700 1 Wehrey, Frederic M. 710 1 United States.|bAir Force. 710 2 Project Air Force (U.S.) 776 08 |iPrint version:|tDangerous but not omnipotent.|dSanta Monica, CA : RAND Project Air Force, 2009|z9780833045546 |z0833045547|w(DLC) 2009009797|w(OCoLC)314840381 830 0 Rand Corporation monograph series. 914 ocn430964762 994 93|bGTK
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