Israel and the Origins of Iran's Arab Option
Dissection of a Strategy Misunderstood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10278646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Trita Parsi (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 493-512 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Middle East Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3141 • E-ISSN: 1940-3461 |
| Publisher | The Middle East Journal (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3751/60.3.14 |
| OpenAlex | W55084658 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This article argues that Iran's "Arab option" — the Arab and pro-Palestinian tilt in Iran's foreign policy — did not emerge out of the ideological musings of Iran's Islamic revolutionaries, but out of Iran's new-found position of preeminence in the later years of the Shah's rule. The sustainability of Iran's regional leadership required Arab acceptance and support, which could only be won through a pro-Arab orientation in Iran's foreign policy
Economics · Foreign policy · Ideology · Islam · Middle East · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Sociology · Theology · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |