Miron Rezun was born in Israel and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and has travelled in and published widely on the Soviet Union and the Middle East. His current areas of interest are Soviet science and technology and the problems of the Soviet nationalities. His articles have appeared in Etudes Internationales, the International Journal, Queen's Quarterly, and Problems of Communism. He has written in French for AGORA and Le Monde and has published a collection of articles for the Centre Quebecois des Relations lnternationales in Quebec City. One of his books, The Soviet Union and Iran About the Contributors XV (Westview, 1988), has become the definitive study of Soviet-Iranian relations during the Reza Shah period. He has also authored a book entitled The Great Struggle (1990) and another on Canadian-Iranian relations (forthcoming in 1991) and is currently working on a book dealing with ethnicity and the nationalities in the USSR.

• "Preface and Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors – Introduction / Miron Rezun -- PART ONE TWO PERSPECTIVES ON IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY -- 1 The ""Pariah"" Syndrome: The Complexities of the Iranian Predicament / Miron Rezun -- 2 Religious Dogma and the Economic and Political Imperatives of Iranian Foreign Policy / Roger M. Savory -- PART TWO IRAN AND ITS NON-ARAB NEIGHBORS -- 3 Relations with Pakistan and India / Ashok Kapur -- 4 Iran and Turkey: Permanent Revolution or Islamism in One Country? / Fuat Borovali -- PART THREE IRAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION -- 5 Iran and the Arab World, Shireen / T. Hunter -- 6 Iran's Relations with Israel, Syria, and Lebanon / Shaul Bakhash -- PART FOUR FOCUS ON THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR -- 7 Iran and the War: From Stalemate to Cease-fire / Shahram Chubin -- 8 The Legacy of the Iran-Iraq War / John Sigler -- PART FIVE IRAN AND THE SUPERPOWERS -- 9 Double Demons: Cultural Impedance in U.S.-Iranian Understanding / William 0. Beeman -- 10 The Soviet Union and Iran: Changing Relations in the Gorbachev Era / Carol R. Saivetz -- PART SIX CONCLUSION -- 11 The Internal Struggle, the Rushdie Affair, and the Prospects for the Future / Miron Rezun -- Index. "

Miron Rezun was born in Israel and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and has travelled in and published widely on the Soviet Union and the Middle East. His current areas of interest are Soviet science and technology and the problems of the Soviet nationalities. His articles have appeared in Etudes Internationales, the International Journal, Queen's Quarterly, and Problems of Communism. He has written in French for AGORA and Le Monde and has published a collection of articles for the Centre Quebecois des Relations lnternationales in Quebec City. One of his books, The Soviet Union and Iran About the Contributors XV (Westview, 1988), has become the definitive study of Soviet-Iranian relations during the Reza Shah period. He has also authored a book entitled The Great Struggle (1990) and another on Canadian-Iranian relations (forthcoming in 1991) and is currently working on a book dealing with ethnicity and the nationalities in the USSR.

• "Preface and Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors – Introduction / Miron Rezun -- PART ONE TWO PERSPECTIVES ON IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY -- 1 The ""Pariah"" Syndrome: The Complexities of the Iranian Predicament / Miron Rezun -- 2 Religious Dogma and the Economic and Political Imperatives of Iranian Foreign Policy / Roger M. Savory -- PART TWO IRAN AND ITS NON-ARAB NEIGHBORS -- 3 Relations with Pakistan and India / Ashok Kapur -- 4 Iran and Turkey: Permanent Revolution or Islamism in One Country? / Fuat Borovali -- PART THREE IRAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION -- 5 Iran and the Arab World, Shireen / T. Hunter -- 6 Iran's Relations with Israel, Syria, and Lebanon / Shaul Bakhash -- PART FOUR FOCUS ON THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR -- 7 Iran and the War: From Stalemate to Cease-fire / Shahram Chubin -- 8 The Legacy of the Iran-Iraq War / John Sigler -- PART FIVE IRAN AND THE SUPERPOWERS -- 9 Double Demons: Cultural Impedance in U.S.-Iranian Understanding / William 0. Beeman -- 10 The Soviet Union and Iran: Changing Relations in the Gorbachev Era / Carol R. Saivetz -- PART SIX CONCLUSION -- 11 The Internal Struggle, the Rushdie Affair, and the Prospects for the Future / Miron Rezun -- Index. "

Miron Rezun was born in Israel and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of New Brunswick in Canada. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Geneva, Switzerland, and has travelled in and published widely on the Soviet Union and the Middle East. His current areas of interest are Soviet science and technology and the problems of the Soviet nationalities. His articles have appeared in Etudes Internationales, the International Journal, Queen's Quarterly, and Problems of Communism. He has written in French for AGORA and Le Monde and has published a collection of articles for the Centre Quebecois des Relations lnternationales in Quebec City. One of his books, The Soviet Union and Iran About the Contributors XV (Westview, 1988), has become the definitive study of Soviet-Iranian relations during the Reza Shah period. He has also authored a book entitled The Great Struggle (1990) and another on Canadian-Iranian relations (forthcoming in 1991) and is currently working on a book dealing with ethnicity and the nationalities in the USSR.

• "Preface and Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors – Introduction / Miron Rezun -- PART ONE TWO PERSPECTIVES ON IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY -- 1 The ""Pariah"" Syndrome: The Complexities of the Iranian Predicament / Miron Rezun -- 2 Religious Dogma and the Economic and Political Imperatives of Iranian Foreign Policy / Roger M. Savory -- PART TWO IRAN AND ITS NON-ARAB NEIGHBORS -- 3 Relations with Pakistan and India / Ashok Kapur -- 4 Iran and Turkey: Permanent Revolution or Islamism in One Country? / Fuat Borovali -- PART THREE IRAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION -- 5 Iran and the Arab World, Shireen / T. Hunter -- 6 Iran's Relations with Israel, Syria, and Lebanon / Shaul Bakhash -- PART FOUR FOCUS ON THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR -- 7 Iran and the War: From Stalemate to Cease-fire / Shahram Chubin -- 8 The Legacy of the Iran-Iraq War / John Sigler -- PART FIVE IRAN AND THE SUPERPOWERS -- 9 Double Demons: Cultural Impedance in U.S.-Iranian Understanding / William 0. Beeman -- 10 The Soviet Union and Iran: Changing Relations in the Gorbachev Era / Carol R. Saivetz -- PART SIX CONCLUSION -- 11 The Internal Struggle, the Rushdie Affair, and the Prospects for the Future / Miron Rezun -- Index. "