The Centrality of Iraq in the Iranian Strategic Mentality

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The Centrality of Iraq in the Iranian Strategic Mentality, written by Firas Elias provides readers with a comprehensive insight into the Iranian strategy in Iraq and the region. Researchers, often when analyzing Iranian geopolitics, do not offer a comprehensive description of this complicated variable, unlike Elias who provides throughout this book a richly detailed analysis and description of the dimensions and geopolitical variables which play an integral role in shaping Iran's strategy in post-2003 Iraq.The book is divided into four chapters: The first chapter provides an overview of the approaches shaping Iran's strategy through addressing four main topics: the basic approach to understanding Iran's strategy, its intellectual and theoretical principles, its main goals, and its key tools.The second chapter defines Iran's significance in the Iranian strategy through analyzing Iranian hegemony and expansion, Iraq's geostrategic position in the Iranian perception, Iran's penetration of post-2003 Iraq, and the dimensions and goals of Iranian strategy in Iraq.The third chapter reviews the Iranian strategic output in Iraq through analyzing the main variables affecting the Iranian strategy in Iraq as follows: variables related to the internal environment in Iran and Iraq and variables related to the regional and international environment.Finally, the fourth chapter forecasts the future of the Iranian strategy in Iraq through reviewing potential scenarios. The book was published by the International Institute for Iranian Studies (Rasanah) in 2018 and written by Firas Elias, a political science and national studies researcher.