The target: Iran Cover Image

Ţintă: IRANUL
The target: Iran

Author(s): Octavian Manea
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: regional coalition; international security; Ahmedinejad regime; compulsory democratization; global threat

Summary/Abstract: This article is a very brief assessment of the US foreign policy choices in 2007, regarding the Middle East and particulary the Ahmedinejad regime. We intend to provide a snapshot on the core logic of US policies focused on two primary objectives: to contain Iran at the international level and also to amass a broader regional coalition to balance the Iranian threat. Was the containment strategy a successful one? Despite the NIE's diagnosis, the article concludes that Iran is still a major threat for the international peace and security.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 129-130
  • Page Range: 73-83
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Romanian