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Iran's Quest for Superpower Status
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“In his personal memoir, published after his death in Syria, General Hamidani described Iran ' s initial involvement as advisory and as a response to the Syrian request for assistance with the immediate objectives of defending religious shrines and fi ghting opposition forces.”
From Iran’s Syria Strategy: The Evolution of Deterrence (2021) · cites this paper as [78]
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Metadata
- Authors
- Sick, G.
- Corresponding author
- Sick, Gary
- Venue
- Foreign Affairs
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1987
- Volume
- 65
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 697
- ISSN
- 0015-7120 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2541735845
- Cited by
- 15
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 15.92
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Foreign Affairs (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › International Relations and Foreign Policy
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Middle East Politics and Society
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
- Keywords
- Iranian foreign policy, superpower status, great power status, Iranian regional influence, Iranian nuclear program, Middle East geopolitics
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