Vali Nasr
Biographic Data
| ID | 1104868 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vali Nasr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vali |
| FAMILY NAME | Nasr |
| SIGNATURE | NASR V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Naval Postgraduate School |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 113 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future
Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty
Recently Iran has once again been in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the future of Iraq's next-door neighbor is a matter of grave concern both for the stability of the region and for the safety of the global community. President George W. Bush labeled it part of the “Axis of Evil,” and has railed against the country's authoritarian leadership. Yet as Bush trumpets the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East, few no…
When the Shiites Rise
THE WAR in Iraq has profoundly changed the Middle East, although not in the ways that Washington had anticipated. When the U.S. government toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, it thought regime change would help bring democracy to Iraq and then to the rest of the region. The Bush administration thought of politics as the relation ship between individuals and the state, and so it failed to recognize that people in the Middle East see politics also as t…
The conservative consolidation in Iran
Over the past eight years, Iran's conservative leadership has effectively tightened its hold on power, thwarting aftempts at political reform. It has centralised decision-making, strengthened the Revolutionary Guard, invested in new strategic weapons, built ties of patronage and effectively used economic levers to assert control. The conservatives' consolidation of power now constitutes the framework of Iran's power politics, which will in turn d…
Iran’s Peculiar Election: The Conservative Wave Rolls On
Iran’s Peculiar ElectionThe Conservative Wave Rolls On Vali Nasr (bio) In June 2005, Iranians went to the polls in what proved to be the most intensely contested of the nine presidential elections that the Islamic Republic has held since 1980. The 2005 vote was also the first to go to a runoff, as the June 17 first round ended with no candidate having surpassed the 50 percent threshold needed for an outright victory. In the June 24 second round, …
Iran's Democracy Debate
Regional implications of shi'a revival in Iraq
The Shi'a‐Sunni competition for power is not just the single greatest determinant of stability in post‐Saddam Iraq. The sectarian struggle will have the single greatest influence on the future of peace and stability from South Asia to the Levant
Military Rule, Islamism and Democracy in Pakistan
Pakistan's politics has been shaped by the dynamics of civilian-military relations and Islamism's relation to the state. This has created an ongoing negotiation for power in which the military, civilian politicians, and Islamist forces have individually and in alliance with one another vied for control of Pakistan's politics. General Pervez Musharraf's regime has been no exception to this trend. As its claim to secular military rule proved untena…
Islamic Political Identity in Turkey
Islamic Political Identity in Turkey. By M. Hakan Yavuz. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 352p. $49.95. In November 2002, Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the majority of the votes in the general elections and formed the government. AKP's electoral victory was a major development in Turkish politics, one that was the culmination of the growing importance of Islamic identity since the 1980s, but it also reflected the impact…
Politics Within the Late-Pahlavi State: The Ministry of Economy and Industrial Policy, 1963–69
In February 1963, the government in Iran formed the Ministry of Economy—a pilot bureaucratic agency that was to oversee industrial transformation and generate growth. In 1969, after six years of unprecedented growth and significant industrialization, 1 the political leadership withdrew its support for the ministry and broke down its autonomy. The fate of the ministry had little to do with its performance or promise in the economic arena. It was, …
International Politics, Domestic Imperatives, and Identity Mobilization: Sectarianism in Pakistan, 1979-1998
Sectarian violence has risen phenomenally in Pakistan over the past two decades. It has extended beyond sporadic clashes over doctrinal issues between Sunnis, who constitute 90 percent of the world's Muslims and 75-85 percent of Pakistanis, and Shi'is, who constitute 15-25 percent of Pakistanis, and metamorphosed into political conflict around mobilization of group identity.1 It has developed political utility, and militant organizations that cha…
The Oral History of Iran Collections of the Foundation for Iranian Studies
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The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future
International Politics, Domestic Imperatives, and Identity Mobilization: Sectarianism in Pakistan, 1979-1998
Sectarian violence has risen phenomenally in Pakistan over the past two decades. It has extended beyond sporadic clashes over doctrinal issues between Sunnis, who constitute 90 percent of the world's Muslims and 75-85 percent of Pakistanis, and Shi'is, who constitute 15-25 percent of Pakistanis, and metamorphosed into political conflict around mobilization of group identity.1 It has developed political utility, and militant organizations that cha…
Military Rule, Islamism and Democracy in Pakistan
Pakistan's politics has been shaped by the dynamics of civilian-military relations and Islamism's relation to the state. This has created an ongoing negotiation for power in which the military, civilian politicians, and Islamist forces have individually and in alliance with one another vied for control of Pakistan's politics. General Pervez Musharraf's regime has been no exception to this trend. As its claim to secular military rule proved untena…
Politics Within the Late-Pahlavi State: The Ministry of Economy and Industrial Policy, 1963–69
In February 1963, the government in Iran formed the Ministry of Economy—a pilot bureaucratic agency that was to oversee industrial transformation and generate growth. In 1969, after six years of unprecedented growth and significant industrialization, 1 the political leadership withdrew its support for the ministry and broke down its autonomy. The fate of the ministry had little to do with its performance or promise in the economic arena. It was, …
Islamic Political Identity in Turkey
Islamic Political Identity in Turkey. By M. Hakan Yavuz. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 352p. $49.95. In November 2002, Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the majority of the votes in the general elections and formed the government. AKP's electoral victory was a major development in Turkish politics, one that was the culmination of the growing importance of Islamic identity since the 1980s, but it also reflected the impact…
Iran’s Peculiar Election: The Conservative Wave Rolls On
Iran’s Peculiar ElectionThe Conservative Wave Rolls On Vali Nasr (bio) In June 2005, Iranians went to the polls in what proved to be the most intensely contested of the nine presidential elections that the Islamic Republic has held since 1980. The 2005 vote was also the first to go to a runoff, as the June 17 first round ended with no candidate having surpassed the 50 percent threshold needed for an outright victory. In the June 24 second round, …
When the Shiites Rise
THE WAR in Iraq has profoundly changed the Middle East, although not in the ways that Washington had anticipated. When the U.S. government toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, it thought regime change would help bring democracy to Iraq and then to the rest of the region. The Bush administration thought of politics as the relation ship between individuals and the state, and so it failed to recognize that people in the Middle East see politics also as t…
The conservative consolidation in Iran
Over the past eight years, Iran's conservative leadership has effectively tightened its hold on power, thwarting aftempts at political reform. It has centralised decision-making, strengthened the Revolutionary Guard, invested in new strategic weapons, built ties of patronage and effectively used economic levers to assert control. The conservatives' consolidation of power now constitutes the framework of Iran's power politics, which will in turn d…
Iran's Democracy Debate
Regional implications of shi'a revival in Iraq
The Shi'a‐Sunni competition for power is not just the single greatest determinant of stability in post‐Saddam Iraq. The sectarian struggle will have the single greatest influence on the future of peace and stability from South Asia to the Levant
The Oral History of Iran Collections of the Foundation for Iranian Studies
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Politics Within the Late-Pahlavi State: The Ministry of Economy and Industrial Policy, 1963–69
In February 1963, the government in Iran formed the Ministry of Economy—a pilot bureaucratic agency that was to oversee industrial transformation and generate growth. In 1969, after six years of unprecedented growth and significant industrialization, 1 the political leadership withdrew its support for the ministry and broke down its autonomy. The fate of the ministry had little to do with its performance or promise in the economic arena. It was, …
International Politics, Domestic Imperatives, and Identity Mobilization: Sectarianism in Pakistan, 1979-1998
Sectarian violence has risen phenomenally in Pakistan over the past two decades. It has extended beyond sporadic clashes over doctrinal issues between Sunnis, who constitute 90 percent of the world's Muslims and 75-85 percent of Pakistanis, and Shi'is, who constitute 15-25 percent of Pakistanis, and metamorphosed into political conflict around mobilization of group identity.1 It has developed political utility, and militant organizations that cha…
Iran's Democracy Debate
Regional implications of shi'a revival in Iraq
The Shi'a‐Sunni competition for power is not just the single greatest determinant of stability in post‐Saddam Iraq. The sectarian struggle will have the single greatest influence on the future of peace and stability from South Asia to the Levant
Military Rule, Islamism and Democracy in Pakistan
Pakistan's politics has been shaped by the dynamics of civilian-military relations and Islamism's relation to the state. This has created an ongoing negotiation for power in which the military, civilian politicians, and Islamist forces have individually and in alliance with one another vied for control of Pakistan's politics. General Pervez Musharraf's regime has been no exception to this trend. As its claim to secular military rule proved untena…
Islamic Political Identity in Turkey
Islamic Political Identity in Turkey. By M. Hakan Yavuz. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. 352p. $49.95. In November 2002, Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP) won the majority of the votes in the general elections and formed the government. AKP's electoral victory was a major development in Turkish politics, one that was the culmination of the growing importance of Islamic identity since the 1980s, but it also reflected the impact…
The conservative consolidation in Iran
Over the past eight years, Iran's conservative leadership has effectively tightened its hold on power, thwarting aftempts at political reform. It has centralised decision-making, strengthened the Revolutionary Guard, invested in new strategic weapons, built ties of patronage and effectively used economic levers to assert control. The conservatives' consolidation of power now constitutes the framework of Iran's power politics, which will in turn d…
Iran’s Peculiar Election: The Conservative Wave Rolls On
Iran’s Peculiar ElectionThe Conservative Wave Rolls On Vali Nasr (bio) In June 2005, Iranians went to the polls in what proved to be the most intensely contested of the nine presidential elections that the Islamic Republic has held since 1980. The 2005 vote was also the first to go to a runoff, as the June 17 first round ended with no candidate having surpassed the 50 percent threshold needed for an outright victory. In the June 24 second round, …
The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future
Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty
Recently Iran has once again been in the headlines. Reputed to be developing nuclear weapons, the future of Iraq's next-door neighbor is a matter of grave concern both for the stability of the region and for the safety of the global community. President George W. Bush labeled it part of the “Axis of Evil,” and has railed against the country's authoritarian leadership. Yet as Bush trumpets the spread of democracy throughout the Middle East, few no…
When the Shiites Rise
THE WAR in Iraq has profoundly changed the Middle East, although not in the ways that Washington had anticipated. When the U.S. government toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, it thought regime change would help bring democracy to Iraq and then to the rest of the region. The Bush administration thought of politics as the relation ship between individuals and the state, and so it failed to recognize that people in the Middle East see politics also as t…
Iran's Grand Strategy: A Political History
Islamic Studies and History (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Law (8 works) · Political economy (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Democracy (5 works) · History (5 works)