IRANIAN GRAND STRATEGY IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST, THE IRGC AND GENERAL QASSEM SOLEIMANI
IRANIAN GRAND STRATEGY IN THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST, THE IRGC AND GENERAL QASSEM SOLEIMANI

Author(s): Florin Diaconu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Iran; grand strategic agenda; imperial tradition; Greater Middle East; Qassem Soleimani; IRGC; sphere of influence; foreign intervention;
Summary/Abstract: Along the past few decades, starting from 1979, the Shiite Iran was continuously involved in a massive effort aimed at expanding its sphere of influence in the Greater Middle East.Such a grand strategic design is clearly combining two potent roots: a very strong imperial tradition, and the desire of the regime in Tehran to export the political change which started in Iranin 1979, and also the Shiite system of values, to larger and larger regions, even beyond the limits of the Middle East. In this effort, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and mainly its elites Force are continuously playing a major role. The text is exploring the IRCG’s role on the international arena, mainly by means of analyzing open sources directly dealing with significant aspect and moments of the professional career of the Quds Force commanding officer, General Qassem Soleimani.

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