
U.S.-Iran Misperceptions
A Dialogue
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Publisher)
Published on 10. April 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-62356-936-5 (ISBN)
Description
Can Iranians and Americans find common ground to overcome their troubled history? U.S.-Iran Misperceptions is the first written dialogue on the key issues that separate these two great countries. Bringing together former policy makers and international relations experts from the United States and Iran, U.S.-Iran Misperceptions: A Dialogue provides new insights into and arguments about how each country's elites view the other, and how misperceptions have blocked the two from forging a normal and productive relationship. Guided by the leading theorist of misperceptions in international relations, Columbia University Professor Robert Jervis, the book moves from Jervis's opening essay to consider mutual perceptions of ideology, nuclear weapons, neo-imperialism, regional hegemony, and the future of the relationship. It presents authoritative, clear-eyed assessments, while seeking plausible ways the two countries can avoid a catastrophic war and rebuild the relationship. U.S.-Iran Misperceptions: A Dialogue offers uncompromising analysis and cautious optimism.
Reviews / Votes
An incisive and masterful analysis of one of our era's most enigmatic international conflicts. A must read for anyone following US-Iran relations. * Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council * Written by several policy experts from the US and Iran, this book is a must read by anyone seeking to grasp the inventory of the past and present issues between the two countries . . . The book offers a deeper understanding of the problematic US-Iran relations and the steps necessary to achieve a breakthrough. -- Kaveh L. Afrasiabi * American Iranian Council * At a time when relations between the U.S. and Iran are at a pivot point that could lead to tangible improvement or deepening confrontation, U.S.-Iran Misperceptions provides crucial context. Understanding these misperceptions--as detailed by some of the most astute observers of the U.S. and Iran--could help the two countries stop reopening old wounds and find areas of common ground beneficial to their peoples and the wider world. * Barbara Slavin, Senior Fellow, the Atlantic Council, and author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation (2007) * This is a timely and interesting book. Relations between Iran and the US are undergoing fundamental change, and the essays in this volume perceptively analyze the mutual missteps of the past and prospects for the future." * Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, USA * The editors of this book . . . have convened a number of leading experts from Iran and the United States in order to take a fresh look at relations between Tehran and Washington -- Naysan Rafati, University of Oxford, UK * International Affairs *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
273 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-62356-936-5 (9781623569365)
DOI
CBID182238
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Persons
Abbas Maleki, former deputy foreign minister of Iran, teaches at Sharif University, Iran.
John Tirman is executive director of the MIT Center for International Studies, US.
John Tirman is executive director of the MIT Center for International Studies, US.
Content
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
1. U.S.-Iran Misperceptions: Invitation to a Dialogue, by Abbas Maleki and John Tirman
2. The United States and Iran: Perceptions and Policy Traps, by Robert Jervis
3. Iranian Perceptions of U.S. Policy towards Iran: Ayatollah Khamenei's Mindset, by Seyed Hossein Mousavian
4. American Perceptions of Iran's Policy towards the United States
5. Iran's Perception of the U.S. Policy towards the Region, by Kayhan Barzegar
6. America's Perceptions of Iran's Policy towards the Region, by John Tirman
7. The Future of U.S.-Iran Relations, by Huss Banai
8. Improving U.S.-Iranian Relations and Overcoming Perceptual Biases, by Abbas Maleki and Robert Reardon
Bibliography
Index
List of Contributors
1. U.S.-Iran Misperceptions: Invitation to a Dialogue, by Abbas Maleki and John Tirman
2. The United States and Iran: Perceptions and Policy Traps, by Robert Jervis
3. Iranian Perceptions of U.S. Policy towards Iran: Ayatollah Khamenei's Mindset, by Seyed Hossein Mousavian
4. American Perceptions of Iran's Policy towards the United States
5. Iran's Perception of the U.S. Policy towards the Region, by Kayhan Barzegar
6. America's Perceptions of Iran's Policy towards the Region, by John Tirman
7. The Future of U.S.-Iran Relations, by Huss Banai
8. Improving U.S.-Iranian Relations and Overcoming Perceptual Biases, by Abbas Maleki and Robert Reardon
Bibliography
Index