POLI 341 Lecture : Iran Summary
17 Feb 2012
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Iran is vying for strategic control in the region. It is continuously undermining us influence in the region due to its policies since both states are at loggerheads with one another for control in the area. It can also use its relationship with certain groups in afghanistan to gain more leverage there, along with supporting hamas more profusely in the occupied territories. Through these methods, iran has largely countered us efforts in the region. To analyze regional instability as well as irans behavior, one has to analyze the sources of preferences rather than the distribution of its capabilities. 2 factors come into play when attempting to understand the behavior of iran, one is the internal politics of iran, and the other is the us foreign policy in the middle east. Analysis of tools used: nuclear projects have been going in since the 1970 s (under the shah of iran).
