Iran's Grand Strategy

“Books like this that can help find method and reason behind the thinking at the highest levels within the Iranian leadership shed a welcome light on a country where what happens in the coming months and years will have implications that extend far beyond the corridors of power in Tehran.”—Peter Frankopan, Financial Times
“A lot of discussion in the west of what drives Iran’s foreign policy struggles to rise above clichés about Islamist fanatics and mad mullahs. Nasr’s detailed study, more relevant than ever, draws on a lifetime of research and new interviews, providing a detailed and nuanced account of the mixture of domestic and international imperatives that really drive Iranian policy. The west’s understanding of Iran is, he argues, ‘hopelessly inadequate and dangerously outdated’.”—Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
“Iran’s Grand Strategy is seriously good, profoundly insightful and full of fresh thinking.”—Justin Marozzi, The Standard
“If you want to read one book to understand Iran and the role it plays in global politics, this is a worthwhile investment.”—Ian Parmeter, Australian Book Review
“Masterly and timely.”—Azadeh Moaveni, Times Literary Supplement
“One of the most vital works that demand attention during the ongoing Iran-America standoff… .Nasr’s great strength is that he humanises Iranian strategy without romanticising it. The book provides a nuanced understanding of how historical trauma becomes embedded in statecraft itself.”—Khawar Khan Achakzai, Scroll.in

Vali Nasr is the Majid Khadduri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies. His books include The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future, and (with Ali Gheissari) Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty. His writing has appeared in leading publications such as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs.

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