Dangerous but not omnipotent exploring the reach and limitations of Iranian power in the Middle East /

• Corporate Authors: United States. Air Force., Project Air Force (U.S.)
• Other Authors: Wehrey, Frederic M.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Project Air Force, 2009.
• Series: Rand Corporation monograph series.
• Subjects: Since 1997; Political culture > Iran.; State-sponsored terrorism > Iran.; Terrorism > Middle East.; Weapons of mass destruction > Iran.; Political culture.; State-sponsored terrorism.; Terrorism.; Weapons of mass destruction.; POLITICAL SCIENCE > International. > Government; POLITICAL SCIENCE > General. > International Relations; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Diplomatic relations.; Military policy.; Political science.; United States > Foreign relations > Iran.; Iran > Foreign relations > United States.; Iran > Politics and government > 1997-; Iran > Military policy.; Iran > Foreign relations > Middle East.; Middle East > Foreign relations > Iran.; Iran.; Middle East.; United States.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: "Prepared for the United States Air Force."; "RAND Project Air Force."; "MG-781-AF"--P. [4] of cover.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 203 p.) : col. ill., col. map.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 9780833047205 (electronic bk.); 0833047205 (electronic bk.)

In an analysis grounded in the observation that although Iranian power projection is marked by strengths, it also has serious liabilities and limitations, this report surveys the nature of both in four critical areas and offers a new U.S. policy paradigm that seeks to manage the challenges Iran presents through the exploitation of regional barriers to its power and sources of caution in the regime's strategic calculus.