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China and Iran
Ancient Partners in
a Post-Imperial World
John W. Garver
World Order after Leninism
Vladimir Tismaneanu, Marc Morje
Howard and Rudra Sil
John Garver breaks new
ground on the relationship
between the People’s
Republic of China and the
Islamic Republic of Iran,
each of which consider the
other a partner in building
a post-Western dominated
Asia. Successive
governments of both
China and Iran have
recognized substantial
national capabilities in each other that allow the
countries to achieve their own national interests
through cooperation. These interests have varied
– from countering Soviet expansionism to resisting
US unilateralism – but the cooperation between the
two nations remains constant.
In a political climate where China is recognized as
a rising and increasingly influential global power
and Iran as one of the most powerful nations in
the Middle East, this book is a crucial analysis of a
globally important subject.
Contents
List of illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
1 The Spirit of Sino-Iranian Relations: Civilization and Power
2 The PRC-Kingdom of Iran Relationship, 1971-78
3 Revolutionary Iran and Postrevolutionary China, 1979-88
4 Sino-Iranian Partnership and Post-Cold War U.S. Unipolar
Preeminence, 1989-2004
5 The Xinjiang Factor in PRC-IRI Relations
6 China’s Assistance to Iran’s Nuclear Programs
7 China and Iran’s Military Development Efforts
8 China-Iran Cooperation and the United States
9 The Sino-Iranian Energy-Economic Relationship
10 Patterns of Sino-Iranian Relations
Appendix. Chronology of Iran-China Relations
Notes; Bibliography; Index
2007, 392 pages, 6 x 9”
0-295-98631-X / 978-0-295-98631-9
paper $29.95 CRO
World Order after Leninism
examines the origins
and evolution of world
communism and explores
how its legacies have
shaped the post-Cold War
world order. The lessons
of Leninism continue to
exert a strong influence
in contemporary foreign
affairs – most visibly
in Poland and other
post-communist states of the former Soviet Union,
but also in China and other newly industrialized
states balancing authoritarian impulses against
the pressures of globalization, free markets, and
democratic possibilities.
World Order after Leninism began as a conversation
among former students of Ken Jowitt, professor
of political science at the University of California at
Berkeley from 1970-2002 and whose monumental
career transformed the fields of political science,
Russian studies, and post-communist studies.
Using divergent case studies, the essays in this
volume document the ways in which Jowitt’s
exceptionally original work on Leninism’s evolution
and consolidation remains highly relevant in
analyzing contemporary post-communist and postauthoritarian
political transformations.
Contents
Introduction: Ken Jowitt’s Universe /
Rudra Sil and Marc Morje Howard
1 Leninism and Its Legacy
2 Identity and Social Transformation in
Eastern Europe and Russia
3 Political, Economic, and Social Change:
Beyond Eastern Europe
4 Methodological Orientations
5 The Big Picture
Select Bibliography; Contributors; Index
2007, 256 pages, 6 x 9”
0-295-98628-X / 978-0-295-98628-9
paper $36.95 CRO
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