Manochehr Dorraj
Biographic Data
| ID | 655027 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Manochehr Dorraj |
| GIVEN NAMES | Manochehr |
| FAMILY NAME | Dorraj |
| SIGNATURE | DORRAJ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas Christian University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
China: Building the Belt and Road Initiative in the Arab World: China’s Middle East Math
The Gaza War and the Future Of the Abraham Accords
The Abraham Accords of 2020 represented new political dynamics in Middle Eastern diplomacy, as the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan normalized relations with Israel without demanding a path toward Palestinian statehood. In the short term, the accords increased trade and cooperation on technology, but the larger security project of containing Iran remained a mission unaccomplished. Still, President Joe Biden, until his last days i…
The Resilience of Populism in Iranian Politics: A Closer Look at the Nexus between Internal and External Factors
This article seeks to demonstrate that the resiliency of populism in Iran cannot be fully explained by internal variables alone. In contrast to many existing approaches, we argue that a combination of internal and external factors have contributed to the longevity and the resilience of Islamic populism in the country. The United States' hostile policies toward Iran—especially under Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump—have contributed to th…
Populism and Corporatism in the Middle East and North Africa: A Comparative Analysis
Iran's Foreign Policy: A Shifting Strategic Landscape
The Dragon Nests: China’s Energy Engagement of the Middle East
China is the largest consumer of energy, the leading exporter of manufactured goods and possesses the second largest economy in the world. The great dragon’s current economic activity extends to all corners of the world, including the hydrocarbon-rich Middle East. Since becoming a net importer of oil in 1993, China’s engagement of the Middle East has focused heavily on energy acquisition as the country urgently needs reliable sources of oil and n…
China's Strategy for Energy Acquisition in the Middle East: Potential for Conflict and Cooperation With the United States
In this article, the authors examine China's evolving energy strategy in the Middle East, particularly in the three countries that have the largest energy reserves and form the epicenter of the U.S.‐China rivalry: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq. With $3 trillion in foreign currency reserves, Beijing is increasingly using its cash to secure future long‐term access to energy in the region. Through energy‐backed loans, as well as upstream and downstre…
In Arms We Trust: The Economic and Strategic Factors Motivating China-Iran Relations
Neo-Populism in Comparative Perspective: Iran and Venezuela
Research Article| May 01 2009 Neo-Populism in Comparative Perspective: Iran and Venezuela Manochehr Dorraj; Manochehr Dorraj Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Michael Dodson Michael Dodson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2009) 29 (1): 137–151. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-2008-049 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissio…
L ubricated with O il: I ran ‐C hina R elations I n a C hanging W orld
Behind Iran's Nuclear Pursuit
The present nuclear standoff between Iran, the United States, Israel, and the European Union has lately been the center of much media attention, debate, and public discourse. While the Iranian regi
Iran's Democratic Impasse
The Crisis of Modernity and Religious Revivalism: A Comparative Study of Islamic Fundamentalism, Jewish Fundamentalism and Liberation Theology
While the literature on specific case studies of Islam, Judaism and Christianity has grown steadily in the past three decades, attempts at comparisons and contrasts have remained sparse and scattered. The author proposes to undertake a comparative study of these three religio-political movements. More specifically, he intends to grapple with the following issues. First, what are the roots of these revivalist movements? Are they revolts against mo…
In the throes of civilizational conflict
As the ideological conflict of the former superpowers has ended in the post‐Cold‐War era, some policymakers—in search of new enemies abroad—have discovered a new menace. Having declared victory over the threat from the East—communism—some intellectuals now warn us about a more ominous menace from the South. If the conflict between capitalism and communism arose from competing ideologies and economic systems that both originated in Judeo‐Christian…
Tunisia's Troubled Path of Democratization
Economics: The Middle East Oil Decade and Beyond: Essays in political Economy; Gad G. Gilbar
Democratization and the Islamist Challenge in the Arab World; Najib Ghadbian
Symbolic and Utilitarian Political Value of a Tradition: Martyrdom in the Iranian Political Culture
Martyrdom has been a recurring theme in the Iranian political culture. This article presents an analysis of its sociological and historical significance and delineates the causes of its politicization and popularization since the 1960s. In order to understand this tradition in its broader cultural context, the relationship between the preeminence of tragedy in Iranian pre and post-Islamic popular culture and martyrdom is explored. By examining th…
Hierarchy and Egalitarianism in Islamic Thought
The Changing Political Economy of the Third World
Part 1 Regional Perspectives: Debt, Democracy and Neoliberalism in Latin America, M. Foley The Changing Political Economy of the Caribbean, M. Demar Centralisation and Delayed Capitalism in Subsaharan Africa, A.T.K. Gadzey State, Petroleum and Democratisation in the Middle East and North Africa, M. Dorraj The Political Economy of Growth in Southeast and Northeast Asia, R.F. Donner and G. Hawes The Changing Political Economy of China, R. Gamer. Pa…
The Intellectual Dilemmas of a Muslim Modernist Politics and Poetics of Iqbal
The Warriors of Islam: Iran's Revolutionary Guard: Kenneth Katzman
Islam and the Cultural Accommodation of Social Change. Bassam Tibi , Clare Krojzl
The Iranian Revolution: Its Global Impact
Marking the 10th anniversary of the Ayatollah Khomeini's triumphant return to the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1989 proved a benchmark year in Iran's history, with author Salman Rushdie condemned to execution, Iranian liberals and the West denounced, Khomeini's chosen successor removed, and Khomeini's death. In this work, international experts from Iran, Europe, Africa and the United States assess the worldwide impact of the Iranian revolution on ot…
Other books in review
Symbolic and Utilitarian Political Value of a Tradition: Martyrdom in the Iranian Political Culture
Martyrdom has been a recurring theme in the Iranian political culture. This article presents an analysis of its sociological and historical significance and delineates the causes of its politicization and popularization since the 1960s. In order to understand this tradition in its broader cultural context, the relationship between the preeminence of tragedy in Iranian pre and post-Islamic popular culture and martyrdom is explored. By examining th…
Iran's Foreign Policy: A Shifting Strategic Landscape
Hierarchy and Egalitarianism in Islamic Thought
L ubricated with O il: I ran ‐C hina R elations I n a C hanging W orld
Neo-Populism in Comparative Perspective: Iran and Venezuela
Research Article| May 01 2009 Neo-Populism in Comparative Perspective: Iran and Venezuela Manochehr Dorraj; Manochehr Dorraj Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Michael Dodson Michael Dodson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2009) 29 (1): 137–151. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-2008-049 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissio…
The Dragon Nests: China’s Energy Engagement of the Middle East
China is the largest consumer of energy, the leading exporter of manufactured goods and possesses the second largest economy in the world. The great dragon’s current economic activity extends to all corners of the world, including the hydrocarbon-rich Middle East. Since becoming a net importer of oil in 1993, China’s engagement of the Middle East has focused heavily on energy acquisition as the country urgently needs reliable sources of oil and n…
China's Strategy for Energy Acquisition in the Middle East: Potential for Conflict and Cooperation With the United States
In this article, the authors examine China's evolving energy strategy in the Middle East, particularly in the three countries that have the largest energy reserves and form the epicenter of the U.S.‐China rivalry: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq. With $3 trillion in foreign currency reserves, Beijing is increasingly using its cash to secure future long‐term access to energy in the region. Through energy‐backed loans, as well as upstream and downstre…
The Gaza War and the Future Of the Abraham Accords
The Abraham Accords of 2020 represented new political dynamics in Middle Eastern diplomacy, as the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan normalized relations with Israel without demanding a path toward Palestinian statehood. In the short term, the accords increased trade and cooperation on technology, but the larger security project of containing Iran remained a mission unaccomplished. Still, President Joe Biden, until his last days i…
Populism and Corporatism in the Middle East and North Africa: A Comparative Analysis
In Arms We Trust: The Economic and Strategic Factors Motivating China-Iran Relations
The religio‐political proclivities of the Iranian mind: The pre‐Islamic roots
“Mighty God, annihilate the oppressors and the evildoers.” (Zarathustra as quoted by Morteza Ravandi, The Social History of Iran, Vol. 1, p.490.)
The Making of Iran's Islamic Revolution: From Monarchy to Islamic Republic. Mohsen M. Milani
Islamic Liberalism: A Critique of Development Ideologies. Leonard Binder
Other books in review
Islam and the Cultural Accommodation of Social Change. Bassam Tibi , Clare Krojzl
The Iranian Revolution: Its Global Impact
Marking the 10th anniversary of the Ayatollah Khomeini's triumphant return to the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1989 proved a benchmark year in Iran's history, with author Salman Rushdie condemned to execution, Iranian liberals and the West denounced, Khomeini's chosen successor removed, and Khomeini's death. In this work, international experts from Iran, Europe, Africa and the United States assess the worldwide impact of the Iranian revolution on ot…
The Warriors of Islam: Iran's Revolutionary Guard: Kenneth Katzman
The Intellectual Dilemmas of a Muslim Modernist Politics and Poetics of Iqbal
The Changing Political Economy of the Third World
Part 1 Regional Perspectives: Debt, Democracy and Neoliberalism in Latin America, M. Foley The Changing Political Economy of the Caribbean, M. Demar Centralisation and Delayed Capitalism in Subsaharan Africa, A.T.K. Gadzey State, Petroleum and Democratisation in the Middle East and North Africa, M. Dorraj The Political Economy of Growth in Southeast and Northeast Asia, R.F. Donner and G. Hawes The Changing Political Economy of China, R. Gamer. Pa…
Symbolic and Utilitarian Political Value of a Tradition: Martyrdom in the Iranian Political Culture
Martyrdom has been a recurring theme in the Iranian political culture. This article presents an analysis of its sociological and historical significance and delineates the causes of its politicization and popularization since the 1960s. In order to understand this tradition in its broader cultural context, the relationship between the preeminence of tragedy in Iranian pre and post-Islamic popular culture and martyrdom is explored. By examining th…
Hierarchy and Egalitarianism in Islamic Thought
In the throes of civilizational conflict
As the ideological conflict of the former superpowers has ended in the post‐Cold‐War era, some policymakers—in search of new enemies abroad—have discovered a new menace. Having declared victory over the threat from the East—communism—some intellectuals now warn us about a more ominous menace from the South. If the conflict between capitalism and communism arose from competing ideologies and economic systems that both originated in Judeo‐Christian…
Tunisia's Troubled Path of Democratization
Economics: The Middle East Oil Decade and Beyond: Essays in political Economy; Gad G. Gilbar
Democratization and the Islamist Challenge in the Arab World; Najib Ghadbian
The Crisis of Modernity and Religious Revivalism: A Comparative Study of Islamic Fundamentalism, Jewish Fundamentalism and Liberation Theology
While the literature on specific case studies of Islam, Judaism and Christianity has grown steadily in the past three decades, attempts at comparisons and contrasts have remained sparse and scattered. The author proposes to undertake a comparative study of these three religio-political movements. More specifically, he intends to grapple with the following issues. First, what are the roots of these revivalist movements? Are they revolts against mo…
Iran's Democratic Impasse
Behind Iran's Nuclear Pursuit
The present nuclear standoff between Iran, the United States, Israel, and the European Union has lately been the center of much media attention, debate, and public discourse. While the Iranian regi
L ubricated with O il: I ran ‐C hina R elations I n a C hanging W orld
Neo-Populism in Comparative Perspective: Iran and Venezuela
Research Article| May 01 2009 Neo-Populism in Comparative Perspective: Iran and Venezuela Manochehr Dorraj; Manochehr Dorraj Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Michael Dodson Michael Dodson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2009) 29 (1): 137–151. https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-2008-049 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissio…
In Arms We Trust: The Economic and Strategic Factors Motivating China-Iran Relations
China's Strategy for Energy Acquisition in the Middle East: Potential for Conflict and Cooperation With the United States
In this article, the authors examine China's evolving energy strategy in the Middle East, particularly in the three countries that have the largest energy reserves and form the epicenter of the U.S.‐China rivalry: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq. With $3 trillion in foreign currency reserves, Beijing is increasingly using its cash to secure future long‐term access to energy in the region. Through energy‐backed loans, as well as upstream and downstre…
Iran's Foreign Policy: A Shifting Strategic Landscape
The Dragon Nests: China’s Energy Engagement of the Middle East
China is the largest consumer of energy, the leading exporter of manufactured goods and possesses the second largest economy in the world. The great dragon’s current economic activity extends to all corners of the world, including the hydrocarbon-rich Middle East. Since becoming a net importer of oil in 1993, China’s engagement of the Middle East has focused heavily on energy acquisition as the country urgently needs reliable sources of oil and n…
Populism and Corporatism in the Middle East and North Africa: A Comparative Analysis
Political science (27 works) · Law (20 works) · Politics (19 works) · Islamic Studies and History (13 works) · Law (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · History (11 works) · Islam (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Citation (8 works)