By Jahangir Amuzegar
Middle East Policy 14.3 (2007)
Dr. Jahangir Amuzegar was finance minister and economic ambassador in Iran’s pre-1979 government.
SOCIAL-JUSTICE SHARES: AHMADINEJAD’S INITIATIVE
The Ahmadinejad government that came to power in summer 2005, calling itself the “justice-driven administration” under the banner of mehrvarzi (compassion) represents in fact populism of the right rivaling Mussavi’s compassionate socialism of the [...]
By Jahangir Amuzegar
Middle East Policy 14.3 (2007)
Dr. Jahangir Amuzegar was finance minister and economic ambassador in Iran’s pre-1979 government.
PRIVATIZATION’S EARLY SETBACKS
A number of factors are frequently cited for the slow pace and insignificant scale of privatization. Some of these factors were similar to the experiences of other countries; others are more country specific. In general, [...]
CONTAINING IRAN
Americans have urgent concerns about Iran’s military and financial support for Shiite militants in Iraq, the Taliban in Afghanistan, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in the Palestinian territories. And we have urgent concerns about Iran’s development of nuclear weapons, especially since more is at stake than just Iran’s progress: faced with a nuclear Shiite [...]
By Jahangir Amuzegar
Middle East Policy 14.3 (2007)
Dr. Jahangir Amuzegar was finance minister and economic ambassador in Iran’s pre-1979 government.
The ideal of social justice was a prime goal of Iran’s 1979 revolution. The monarchy was mercilessly chastised by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini for having neglected the plight of the poor and the disenfranchised, the mostazafan. A new [...]
The United States, as the world’s only superpower, is less vulnerable to military defeat. But it is more vulnerable to the animosity of other countries. Much like a top high school student, if it is modest about its abilities and achievements, if it is generous in helping others, it is loved. But if it attempts [...]
By Brenda Shaffer
Caucasian Regional Studies, Volume 5, Issue 1 & 2, 2000
Iran and the Caucasus
Iran’s policy in the region is largely guided by geo-political state interests and less by ideological goals, such as promotion of Islam. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, Iran grasped that a potentially conflict- laden zone had replaced its once [...]
By Brenda Shaffer
Caucasian Regional Studies, Volume 5, Issue 1 & 2, 2000
Abstract
The use of religious labels regarding the various sides to the hostilities in the Caucasus contributes little to understanding the roots of these conflicts and subsequently, finding appropriate solutions. Islam is not the primary collective identity of most of the Muslims of the Caucasus, [...]
