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Summary:

Iran is one of the most important U.S. foreign policy concerns but isextraordinarily difficult to engage. The authors assess current political, ethnic, demographic, and economic trends and vulnerabilities in Iran, thenoffer recommendations on U.S. policies that might foster the trendsbeneficial to U.S. interests. However, if these trends do take root in Iran, seeing them come to fruition will take time and, therefore, patience.

Table of Contents:

• Domestic politics
• The challenge of ethnicity and identity politics
• Demographic change
• Economic development and vulnerabilities
• Iranian vulnerabilities and implications for U.S. policies.

Author/Creator:

Crane, Keith, 1953-

Contributors:

Lal, Rollie

Martini, Jeffrey

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Iran's political, demographic, and economic vulnerabilities [by Crane, K.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Iran's political, demographic, and economic vulnerabilities [by Crane, K.] (Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., 2008 — ISBN 9780833043047; ISBN 0833043048; LCCN 2008019809; OCLC Number 226984765)

Subjects:

Iran — Politics and government — 1997-

Iran — Strategic aspects

Iran — Economic conditions — 1997-

Since 1997

Strategic aspects of individual places

Economic conditions

Politics and government

Iran

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-128).
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
digitized; 2010; HathiTrust Digital Library; committed to preserve
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 128 pages) : color illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

DS318 .C736 2008eb

ISBNs:

9780833045270 (electronic bk.)
083304527X (electronic bk.)
0833043048 [Invalid]
9780833043047 [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Standard Technical Report Number: RAND/MG-693-AF

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2008019809

OCLC Numbers:

259715774