Politics of Oil and Nuclear Technology in Iran, 1st ed. 2020

Langue : Anglais

Auteur : Torbat Akbar E.

Couverture de l’ouvrage Politics of Oil and Nuclear Technology in Iran

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This book focuses on oil politics and the development of nuclear technology in Iran, providing a broader historical context to understand Iran?s foreign relations and nuclear policy. The author assesses Iran's encounters with the West in light of major confrontations both in terms of open conflict as well as controversies surrounding treaties with foreign powers. In seeking to understand the geopolitics of oil in direct parallel to the geopolitics of nuclear technology, the book concentrates on Iran?s struggles to nationalize its oil, neo-colonialism, the formation of the oil consortium, and the more recent US backtracking on the nuclear deal with Iran.

Chapter 1 Introduction and Analytical Framework

Chapter 2 Iran Encounters the West

Chapter 3 Economic Imperialism In Iran

Chapter 4 Iran and the West in the First Half of Twentieth Century

Chapter 5 The Oil Nationalization Dispute and the Coup

Chapter 6 Petrodollar Politics and Confrontations with the West

Chapter 7 The Formation of Iran's Nuclear Program

Chapter 8 Iran's Nuclear Dispute with the West

Chapter 9 The Economic Sanctions Against Iran

Chapter 10 Propaganda and Threat of Force against Iran

Chapter 11 Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran

Chapter 12 The Nuclear Agreement's Aftermath

Chapter 13 Recap and Conclusion

Akbar E. Torbat is Adjunct Professor of Economics at California State University, Los Angeles. USA. He has also taught at the University of California - Los Angeles and the University of Southern California. He has written many scholarly articles, and his articles have been published in academic journals such as The Middle East Journal and The World Economy. He has been frequently interviewed by various media outlets regarding foreign policy issues.

Focuses on oil politics and the development of nuclear technology in Iran

Provides a broader historical background against which to understand Iran’s foreign relations and nuclear policy

Assesses Iran's encounters with the West in light of major confrontations with the West both in terms of open conflict as well as controversies surrounding treaties with foreign powers