Iran's Moderate Moment: The Leader Just Let It Go
(2013) In e-International Relations (e-IR)- Abstract
- Whatever the cause of a centrist takeover after two successive terms of hardliner dominance in Iran, one thing is for sure: the election of Hassan Rouhani as president in 2013 gave a new lease of life to the Islamic Republic, with the guarantee that its foundational structures will remain unchallenged for many years to come. Considerably narrowing the widening state-society gap, however, it has endowed Iran with a normative surge of soft power, ripening the ground for a new way of statecraft that can bring about a whole change of identity for the state. And, this is where Iran’s top leadership can make a bigger and more sustainable difference.
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- author
- Behravesh, Maysam LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2013-07-07
- type
- Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Iran, Moderate, presidential election, Rouhani, Leader, Khamenei
- categories
- Popular Science
- in
- e-International Relations (e-IR)
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- additional info
- The article has been published on the e-International Relations (e-IR) website (www.e-IR.info).
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- 3ad766bb-c8ce-40dd-813d-6e50c9781f6e (old id 3920168)
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- http://www.e-ir.info/2013/07/07/irans-moderate-moment-the-leader-just-let-it-go/
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- 2016-04-04 13:49:21
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- 2020-04-27 15:04:37
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