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Iran's Moderate Moment: The Leader Just Let It Go

Behravesh, Maysam LU (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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Iran, Moderate, presidential election, Rouhani, Leader, Khamenei
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Popular Science
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e-International Relations (e-IR)
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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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  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.}},
  author       = {{Behravesh, Maysam}},
  keywords     = {{Iran; Moderate; presidential election; Rouhani; Leader; Khamenei}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{07}},
  series       = {{e-International Relations (e-IR)}},
  title        = {{Iran's Moderate Moment: The Leader Just Let It Go}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/6213243/3920187.pdf}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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