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Iran's Look East Policy is the first systematic analysis of the causes, manifestations, and consequences of Iran's ""Look East"" policy and Iranian relations with countries as diverse as Russia, China, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, the Central Asian states, and the South Caucasus. Edited by Mehran Kamrava, the essays in the book are framed around several recent ""Look East"" developments. The Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with China had that country pledging to invest some $400 billion in Iran in return for the purchase of Iranian oil at heavily discounted prices. Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a highly publicized state visit to Iran. In 2023, Iran gained admittance into the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. This was followed by the announcement of Iran's admission into the BRICS group. Kamrava and the contributors to Iran's Look East Policy examine the broader global import of changes in Iranian foreign policy as they relate to debates regarding regionalism, the potential ascendance of the East, and military, technological, and scientific cooperation among non-Western actors and powers.

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Author:   Mehran Kamrava
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781501784545

ISBN 10:   1501784544
Pages:   348
Publication Date:   15 January 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction, Mehran Kamrava Iran Looks East: Context, Causes, and Consequences, Mehran Kamrava Part I Sanctions, Regionalism, and Risks Sanctions, Complexity, and Uncertainty in Iran's Eastward Trade, Karim Eslamloueyan Sanctions, the Look East Policy, and Economic Performance in Iran, Zahra Karimi Moughari Regional Multilateralism and Iran's ""Look East"" Policy Under Raisi: Recontextualization of India–Iran Relations, Deepika Saraswat Counterbalancing the West: The Risks of Iran's Eastern Policy, Mahmood Monshipouri and Javad Heiran-Nia Part II Iran–China Relations Iran's Pivot Toward China: Neoclassical Realist Perspectives, Niloufar Baghernia The China–Iran Twenty-Five-Year Agreement and the Strategic Rebalance of the Persian Gulf, Degang Sun and Sarvenaz Khanmohammadi China's Response to Iran's Look East Policy: An Explanation of the Partner–Community Framework, Jianwei Han Part III Iran–Russia Relations A Risk-Seeking Iran: Explaining Iran's Military Support for Russia in the Ukraine War, Mazaher Koruzhde and Eric Lob The Defense Sector and Foreign Policy Decisions: The Case of Iran's Policy Toward Russia, Abdolrasool Divsallar Part IV Iran's Relations with Central Asia and the South Caucasus Iran and the South Caucasus, Gawdat Bahgat Conflicts Along Iran's Northern Corridors: Implications for National Security, Regional Order, and the Look East Policy, Banafsheh Keynoush Iran–Turkmenistan Relations: Geostrategic Dynamics Under the New Regional Order, Hessam Habibi Doroh Part V Iran's Relations with Malaysia and Indonesia Consistency Through Instability: Malaysian–Iranian Relations, Rowena Abdul Razak Looking Beyond Beijing: Iranian Overtures to Indonesia, Fred H. Lawson Part VI Iran and a New World Order? Iran's Look East Policy and the Emerging New World Order, Diana Galeeva Acknowledgments List of Contributors Index

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Mehran Kamrava is Professor of Government at Georgetown University in Qatar and head of the Iranian Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies. He is the author of How Islam Rules in Iran and Righteous Politics.

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