{"id":7681,"date":"2020-03-02T21:43:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T18:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/?p=7681"},"modified":"2020-03-10T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T11:55:35","slug":"rasanah-issues-its-2019-annual-strategic-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/news\/rasanah-issues-its-2019-annual-strategic-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Rasanah Issues Its 2019 Annual Strategic Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The\nInternational Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) has published its Annual\nStrategic Report for 2019 which reviews the most prominent events in Iranian\naffairs and provides readers, especially those interested in Iranian Affairs, a\ncomprehensive insight and an in-depth analysis of Iran. The report is divided\ninto three main parts: Internal Affairs, Arab Affairs, and International\nAffairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ideological\nFile<\/em> within the Internal Affairs part shows the efforts the Iranian\nruling system exerted to improve its image at home through the dismissal of\nFriday prayer leaders accused of corruption and abuse of power. The Political\nFile<\/em> explains why Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for a popular\nreferendum on the country\u2019s relations with the West amidst the collapse of the\nnuclear deal, given the fact that Rouhani previously called for a referendum on\nthe powers granted to him in a bid to mitigate the harsh criticism he\nfaced.  You read in The Economic File<\/em>  that the Iranian government had to make\namendments to its national budget four months after its approval due to the\ndeteriorating economic conditions as well as the implications of corruption for\nIran at the ideological and political levels. The Military File<\/em> unveils the moral support Iran received after it shot\ndown an American drone and seized a UK oil tanker.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Arab\nAffairs part reveals that the comprehensive peace process in Yemen was thwarted\nby the complexities of the Yemeni crisis along with its various political\ncomponents and by creating a strategic vacuum that has entrenched the Houthi\npresence in Yemen with Iran\u2019s support. In 2019, Iraq turned into a battlefield\nbetween the United States and Iran.  This\nled the Iraqi people to launch massive protests over Iran\u2019s sectarian and\ngeopolitical project targeting their country. \nFaced with furious competition from Russia in Syria, Iran resorted to using\neconomic and military tools to effect demographic change serving the interests\nof the Shiites and to make Syria  a vassal state of Tehran.  The protests in Lebanon starkly exposed the\nextent of corruption and the deteriorating economic and political conditions\nresulting from Iranian hegemony over Lebanon through its proxy group, Hezbollah.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nInternational Affairs section highlights how the United States  advanced its maximum pressure campaign on\nIran, affecting Iran\u2019s domestic stability. Iran wagered on its policy of\nchallenging Washington through circumventing US sanctions and uniting its\ndomestic front. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the context\nof Russian-Iranian relations, 2019 can be called the year of mutual agreements\nbetween the two countries. Iran attempted to compensate for its drop in trade\nvolumes with America and Europe by boosting its relations with Russia.  Despite the activation of INSTEX to\nenable trade between Europe and Iran, the Europeans in general\naligned more with the US position.  In\nthe context of Iran-China relations, Beijing continued its economic cooperation\nwith Tehran  but partially stopped its\nimports of Iranian oil. The rising trade war between Washington and Beijing\nprovoked further developments in its relations with Tehran.  India, despite its growing relationship with\nWashington, sees that its relationship with Tehran is quite significant due to\nmany thorny issues; most predominantly \nIran\u2019s vital role in creating a strategic alliance with India  to confront the Chinese-Pakistan alliance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turkey and Iran\nprefer to deal  with each other by\ndividing their bilateral relationship into separate issues \u2014 while direct\nconfrontation and competition mark their relationship in Syria. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through analyzing the previously mentioned interrelated files on Iranian affairs, Rasanah\u2019s Annual Strategic Report provides research and analysis regarding Iranian affairs on three levels: the internal, Arab and international levels, forecasting possible scenarios for 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Annual Strategic Report 2019 can be viewed or downloaded Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) has published its Annual Strategic Report for 2019 which reviews the most prominent events in Iranian affairs and provides readers, especially those interested in Iranian Affairs, a comprehensive insight and an in-depth analysis of Iran. The report is divided into three main parts: Internal Affairs, Arab Affairs, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":7683,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2452,1],"tags":[4390,3000,12,2362,1655,1190,2466,2731,1625,2433],"class_list":["post-7681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-strategic-reports","category-news","tag-annual-strategic-report","tag-annual-strategic-reports","tag-iran","tag-iranian-government","tag-iranian-navy","tag-iranian-revolution","tag-rasanah","tag-rasanah-issues","tag-report","tag-strategic-report"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7681"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7712,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7681\/revisions\/7712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}