Challenges to Persian Gulf Security: How Should the United States Respond?

Authors

Judith S. Yaphe, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

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Description

For the United States, any consideration of Persian Gulf security must begin with Iran: its ambitions, perceptions, and behavior. For many in the West, Winston Churchill’s famous quip about the Soviet Union—being a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma—could apply equally well to Iran given its complex, opaque, and often turbulent politics. And yet the key to understanding Iran is to figure out what it sees when it looks in the mirror. What are the fundamental influences that shape Iran’s view of its role in the world?

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

11-2008

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Yaphe, Judith S., "Challenges to Persian Gulf Security: How Should the United States Respond?" (2008). Strategic Forums. 37.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/37