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Turkish-Iranian cooperation has visibly intensified in recent years, thanks in part to Turkish energy needs and Iran's vast oil and natural gas resour...
Implications for the U.S. Drawdown
This study explores Iranian influence in Afghanistan and the implications for the United States after most U.S. forces depart Afghanistan in 2016. Ira...
The Wary Dragon
This study examines China’s interests in the Middle East and assesses China’s economic, political, and security activities there to determine whet...
An Exploration of Iranian Leadership Dynamics
The U.S. ability to "read" the Iranian regime and formulate appropriate policies has been weakened by lack of access to the country and by the opacity...
Succession in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Iran's commander in chief and highest political authority, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, plays a critical role in Iran's direction. This mono...
Economic, Political, and Military Relations
The partnership between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the People's Republic of China presents a unique challenge to U.S. interests and objectives, ...
Rivalry, Cooperation, and Implications for U.S. Policy
The often tense relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran has been at the center of many of the major political shifts that have occurred in the Midd...
How Would a Nuclear-Armed Tehran Behave?
This study explores how a nuclear-armed Iran would behave and what this would entail for the United States and its main regional allies. It analyzes t...
A Dangerous Rivalry
Israel and Iran have come to view each other as direct regional rivals. The two countries are not natural rivals; they have shared geopolitical intere...
Critical U.S. Policy Choices
As Iran?'s nuclear program evolves, U.S. decisionmakers will confront a series of critical policy choices involving complex considerations and policy ...
Current Practices and Possible Responses
"The United States today faces a number of actors who employ a wide range of political, informational, military, and economic measures to influence, c...
As Irans nuclear program evolves, U.S. decisionmakers will confront a series of critical policy choices involving complex considerations and trade-off...
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has evolved well beyond its origins as an ideological guard for the regime. Today, in addition to wie...
Exploring Requirements for Effective Deterrence of Interstate Aggression
The challenge of deterring territorial aggression is taking on renewed importance, yet discussion of it has lagged in U.S. military and strategy circl...
Implications for the U.S.-Turkish Strategic Partnership and the U.S. Army
The longstanding U.S. strategic partnership with Turkey, a powerful NATO ally, has become strained in recent years. RAND researchers assess challenges...
Some time in the coming decade, Iran will probably acquire nuclear weapons or the capacity to quickly produce them. This monograph provides a midterm ...
Room for U.S.-Iran Cooperation?
The rise of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has led to arguments in favor of U.S.-Iran cooperation in combating the group, as immediate Am...
Continuity and Change in Iranian Foreign Policy
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Examines the potential regional implications of an independent Kurdistan in northern Iraq....