Dina Esfandiary
Biographic Data
| ID | 1472288 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dina Esfandiary |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dina |
| FAMILY NAME | Esfandiary |
| SIGNATURE | ESFANDIARY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College - North Carolina |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
New Order in the Gulf
For over a decade now, thinking on regional relations in the Gulf has focused on the competition for regional hegemony between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Today, this perspective is outdated. The smaller Gulf Arab states, led by the United Arab Emirates, are calling for their own goals and interests to be considered and a new regional order has emerged. This book asesses the UAE’s increasing power and the future challenges to security it poses. It is …
Triple-Axis
Cooperating with Iran to Combat Isis in Iraq
When the Houthi rebels took control of Yemen's capital Sanaa in September 2014, Arab Gulf officials and Western pundits claimed that Iran was aiming to export its revolutionary ideology and establish a Shia empire throughout the Middle East. 1 They claimed that Iran was doing so by backing, perhaps even controlling, the Shia Houthis.The Houthi takeover came at a critical point for the region: Tehran was in the midst of negotiations to resolve the…
A Comparative Study of U.S. and Iranian Counter-Isis Strategies
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)'s activities now go beyond insurgency and conventional operations in the territories it controls in the Middle East. It poses a threat to U.S. interests and allies in Europe, and a serious threat to Iran and its borders. While Washington formed an international coalition encompassing many European and Middle Eastern states to combat ISIS, it only coordinates some tactical and operation-level efforts with…
Yemen
When the Houthi rebels took control of Yemen's capital Sanaa in September 2014, Arab Gulf officials and Western pundits claimed that Iran was aiming to export its revolutionary ideology and establish a Shia empire throughout the Middle East. 1 They claimed that Iran was doing so by backing, perhaps even controlling, the Shia Houthis.The Houthi takeover came at a critical point for the region: Tehran was in the midst of negotiations to resolve the…
Isis
The takeover of large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) came as a surprise, but it should not have done. The growth of Al-Qaeda's replacement was slow, steady and well documented. The group's rise is still a recent phenomenon, making it difficult to assess without falling into the speculation trap. But both ISIS: inside the army of terror and ISIS: the state of terror avoid this by offering reade…
Iran's Isis policy
This article assesses Iran's strategy in dealing with the threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). It examines the implications of the rise of ISIS in Iran's immediate neighbourhood for Tehran's policies in Syria and Iraq and investigates how each of these countries affects Iranian national interests. It provides an overview of the major events marking Iran and Iraq's relations in the past few decades and discusses the strategic impo…
Sanctions on Iran
Sanctions on Iran
Yemen
When the Houthi rebels took control of Yemen's capital Sanaa in September 2014, Arab Gulf officials and Western pundits claimed that Iran was aiming to export its revolutionary ideology and establish a Shia empire throughout the Middle East. 1 They claimed that Iran was doing so by backing, perhaps even controlling, the Shia Houthis.The Houthi takeover came at a critical point for the region: Tehran was in the midst of negotiations to resolve the…
Iran's Isis policy
This article assesses Iran's strategy in dealing with the threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). It examines the implications of the rise of ISIS in Iran's immediate neighbourhood for Tehran's policies in Syria and Iraq and investigates how each of these countries affects Iranian national interests. It provides an overview of the major events marking Iran and Iraq's relations in the past few decades and discusses the strategic impo…
A Comparative Study of U.S. and Iranian Counter-Isis Strategies
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)'s activities now go beyond insurgency and conventional operations in the territories it controls in the Middle East. It poses a threat to U.S. interests and allies in Europe, and a serious threat to Iran and its borders. While Washington formed an international coalition encompassing many European and Middle Eastern states to combat ISIS, it only coordinates some tactical and operation-level efforts with…
Sanctions on Iran
Isis
The takeover of large swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) came as a surprise, but it should not have done. The growth of Al-Qaeda's replacement was slow, steady and well documented. The group's rise is still a recent phenomenon, making it difficult to assess without falling into the speculation trap. But both ISIS: inside the army of terror and ISIS: the state of terror avoid this by offering reade…
Iran's Isis policy
This article assesses Iran's strategy in dealing with the threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). It examines the implications of the rise of ISIS in Iran's immediate neighbourhood for Tehran's policies in Syria and Iraq and investigates how each of these countries affects Iranian national interests. It provides an overview of the major events marking Iran and Iraq's relations in the past few decades and discusses the strategic impo…
A Comparative Study of U.S. and Iranian Counter-Isis Strategies
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)'s activities now go beyond insurgency and conventional operations in the territories it controls in the Middle East. It poses a threat to U.S. interests and allies in Europe, and a serious threat to Iran and its borders. While Washington formed an international coalition encompassing many European and Middle Eastern states to combat ISIS, it only coordinates some tactical and operation-level efforts with…
Yemen
When the Houthi rebels took control of Yemen's capital Sanaa in September 2014, Arab Gulf officials and Western pundits claimed that Iran was aiming to export its revolutionary ideology and establish a Shia empire throughout the Middle East. 1 They claimed that Iran was doing so by backing, perhaps even controlling, the Shia Houthis.The Houthi takeover came at a critical point for the region: Tehran was in the midst of negotiations to resolve the…
Cooperating with Iran to Combat Isis in Iraq
When the Houthi rebels took control of Yemen's capital Sanaa in September 2014, Arab Gulf officials and Western pundits claimed that Iran was aiming to export its revolutionary ideology and establish a Shia empire throughout the Middle East. 1 They claimed that Iran was doing so by backing, perhaps even controlling, the Shia Houthis.The Houthi takeover came at a critical point for the region: Tehran was in the midst of negotiations to resolve the…
Triple-Axis
New Order in the Gulf
For over a decade now, thinking on regional relations in the Gulf has focused on the competition for regional hegemony between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Today, this perspective is outdated. The smaller Gulf Arab states, led by the United Arab Emirates, are calling for their own goals and interests to be considered and a new regional order has emerged. This book asesses the UAE’s increasing power and the future challenges to security it poses. It is …
Law (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Islam (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Economics (3 works)