All Outputs (9)

Jimmy Carter and the sale of the AWACS to Iran in 1977 (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. It appeared that as 1977 dawned, the political climate in the United States might render multi-billion dollar arms sales into unstable regions a thing of the past. Jimmy Carter triumphed in the presidential elect... Read More about Jimmy Carter and the sale of the AWACS to Iran in 1977.

Beyond the blank cheque: Arming iran during the ford administration (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Taylor & Francis. When President Gerald Ford decided tomaintain and deepen arms relations with Iran, he cemented a momentum that became near impossible for a successor to break by continuing the policy of his predecessor Richard Nixon. Nixon... Read More about Beyond the blank cheque: Arming iran during the ford administration.

Scotland headed towards "Independence-Lite"? (2014)
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The only certainty is that we do not know what the future holds for the UK, except that there will be radical changes in its relationship with Scotland, with unknown consequences for the country’s future.

Richard Nixon’s Road to Tehran: The Making of the U.S.–Iran Arms Agreement of May 1972 (2013)
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In May 1972, Richard Nixon travelled to Tehran and signed a deal with the shah of Iran that allowed the Iranian monarch to purchase any U.S. weapons system he desired, in any quantity, short of nuclear weapons. This so-called 'blank cheque' was a hig... Read More about Richard Nixon’s Road to Tehran: The Making of the U.S.–Iran Arms Agreement of May 1972.

How the Shah entangled America (2013)
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Mohammed Reza Shah’s rule of Iran spanned eight U.S. presidents. His desire for military supremacy over his neighbours and his distrust of the Soviets led him to seek a military relationship with the US following the end of the Second World War. As t... Read More about How the Shah entangled America.

Lyndon B. Johnson and arms credit sales to Iran 1964–1968 (2013)
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During the 1960s, Iran transitioned from a client state into an emerging partner of America. Crucial to the analysis of this transformation is understanding how Iran progressed from a low-priority military aid recipient in the 1950s to a military cre... Read More about Lyndon B. Johnson and arms credit sales to Iran 1964–1968.

Iran’s nuclear ambitions under the shah and ayatollahs (2012)
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During the 1970s, under the last shah, Iran’s nuclear program seemed to be gearing up so that nation could gain the option of declaring weapons capability if deemed necessary and at a point when the international community could no longer forestall i... Read More about Iran’s nuclear ambitions under the shah and ayatollahs.

Building a client state: American arms policies towards Iran, 1950-1963 (2012)
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Precious little has been written in academic scholarship about the US arms relationship with Iran. Much of the scholarly focus has been drained into an orbital vortex caused by twin crises in Iranian history: the 1953 British and American sponsored c... Read More about Building a client state: American arms policies towards Iran, 1950-1963.

Neoconservatism and American foreign policy (2010)
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Neoconservatism has been clearly visible in domestic American politics since the late 1960s, though it has only come to the fore internationally in recent years due to the heavily neoconservative influenced direction of the Bush administration in its... Read More about Neoconservatism and American foreign policy.