Iran, Revolution, and Proxy Wars

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This book analyzes the historical quest of the Islamic Republic of Iran to export its revolution to the Muslim countries in the Middle East and beyond. The authors argue that Iran exported its revolution by using proxies such as Hezbollah, the Iraqi Shite militias, and the Houthis. The study unravels the casual chain behind less-known cases of Iranian sponsorship of al Qaeda (Central) and al Qaida in Iraq. It combines rigorous theory with detailed empirical analysis which can add to the current debate about ways to roll back Iran’s revolutionary export. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Exporting the Revolution and Building Hegemony (Ofira Seliktar, Farhad Rezaei)....Pages 1-20 Hezbollah in Lebanon: Creating the Model Proxy (Ofira Seliktar, Farhad Rezaei)....Pages 21-56 Deploying Proxies Against the “Zionist Enemy” and Undermining the Oslo Peace Process (Ofira Seliktar, Farhad Rezaei)....Pages 57-94 Al-Qaeda: Islamist Ecumenism Against the United States and the West (Ofira Seliktar, Farhad Rezaei)....Pages 95-125 From the Badr Brigade to the Popular Mobilization Forces: Fighting the Americans While Turning Iraq into a New Lebanon (Ofira Seliktar, Farhad Rezaei)....Pages 127-165 Rescuing the Assad Regime and Turning Syria into a Client State (Ofira Seliktar, Farhad Rezaei)....Pages 167-201 Proxies in the Gulf and Beyond: Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Principalities, and Yemen (Ofira Seliktar, Farhad Rezaei)....Pages 203-234 Conclusion: The Success of the Proxy Strategy and Its Limits (Ofira Seliktar, Farhad Rezaei)....Pages 235-239 Back Matter ....Pages 241-245