{"id":8551,"date":"2020-11-30T13:56:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T10:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/?p=8551"},"modified":"2024-01-08T13:11:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T10:11:58","slug":"rasanah-issues-irans-policies-towards-central-asia-and-the-caucasus-investing-in-opportunities-and-ousting-competitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/news\/rasanah-issues-irans-policies-towards-central-asia-and-the-caucasus-investing-in-opportunities-and-ousting-competitors\/","title":{"rendered":"New Release | Iran\u2019s Policies Toward Central Asia and the Caucasus: Investing in Opportunities and Ousting Competitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a striking departure from its traditional foreign policy approach, Tehran\u2019s pragmatic stance in relation to Central Asia and the Caucasus is analyzed in compelling detail in<em> Iran\u2019s Policy Toward Central Asia and the Caucasus, Investing in Opportunities and Ousting Competitors<\/em>. Infused with historical depth, the book explains the&nbsp; complex geopolitics of the region known as Eurasia, the longstanding great power competition that continues to prevail and Iran\u2019s ambitions to entrench its influence across the countries of the region. Iran\u2019s soft power policy toward the region\u2019s countries is discussed as well as the cultural and linguistic commonalities Iran shares with the region which it uses as a basis to expand relations in an attempt to strengthen its battered economy, break its international isolation and contain the advancement of regional rivals like Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The status and scope of Iran\u2019s bilateral relations with the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan) are explored. The book includes an in-depth examination of several prominent issues such as Iran\u2019s interests in the resources of the Caspian Sea, the highly prized energy pipeline projects passing through&nbsp; the region, the International North-South Transport Corridor, Iran\u2019s inclusion in prominent regional blocs, and the impact of Iran\u2019s role in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. Published in Arabic, this book is authored by Rasanah\u2019s Vice President Dr. Ahmed al-Garni who holds a doctorate in International Relations from Sorbonne University. He is also an Academic Visitor to Oxford University and an expert in strategic studies. This book has been translated into English by Ruba Abu Mualish, a specialist and academic in translation studies and political discourse analysis. The English version is now &nbsp;available at the Riyadh Book Fair-2023, King Saud University.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now available on\u00a0\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.neelwafurat.com\/itempage.aspx?id=lbb396092-394005&amp;search=books\" target=\"_blank\">Neelwafurat<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) published a new book entitled, \u201cIran\u2019s Policies Towards Central Asia and the Caucasus: Investing in Opportunities and Ousting Competitors,\u201d by Dr. Ahmed Algarni.  The book addresses the significance of Central Asia and the Caucasus from Iran\u2019s strategic perspective; the extent of Iran\u2019s ideological influence through exporting Khomeini\u2019s revolution; its political impact in entrenching its hegemony across the Middle East; and its economic impact through oil exports and trade. The book also reviews the nature of Iran\u2019s policies towards this region, deconstructing its political, economic and security dimensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":11810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5702,2481,1673,834,2731],"class_list":["post-8551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-caucasus","tag-central-asia","tag-central-asian","tag-central-asian-countries","tag-rasanah-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8551","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=8551"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12171,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8551\/revisions\/12171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rasanah-iiis.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}