Independence without Freedom: Iran''s Foreign Policy

Ruhi Ramazani is widely considered the dean of Iranian foreign policy study, having spent the past sixty years studying and writing about the country's international relations. In Independence without Freedom, Ramazani draws together twenty of his most insightful and important articles and book chapters, with a new introduction and afterword, which taken together offer compelling evidence that the United States and Iran will not go to war.

The volumes introduction outlines the origins of Ramazanis early interest in Irans international role, which can be traced to the crushing effects of World War II on the country and Irans historic decision to free its oil industry from the British Empire. In the afterword, he discusses the reasons behind Americas poor understanding of Iranian foreign policy, articulates the fundamentals of his own approach to the study of Iranincluding the nuclear disputeand describes the major instruments behind Irans foreign efforts. Independence without Freedom will serve as a crucial resource for anyone interested in the factors and forces that drive Iranian behaviour in world politics. See more