John Tirman

U.S.-Iran Misperceptions: A Dialogue John Tirman

Brief Description: "Can Iranians and Americans find common ground to overcome their troubled history? U. S.-Iran Misperceptions: A Dialogue, is a first-ever written dialogue on the key issues that separate the two great countries. Bringing together former policy makers and international relations experts from the United States and Iran, U. S.-Iran misperceptions: A Dialogue provides new insights and arguments about how each country's elites view the other, and how misperceptions have blocked the two from forging a normal and productive relationship. guided by the leading theorist of misperceptions in international relations, Columbia professor Robert Jervis, the book moves from Jervis' opening essay to consider mutual perceptions of ideology, nuclear weapons, neo-imperialism, regional hegemony, and the future of the relationship. It presents authoritative, clear-eyed asessments, while seeking plausible ways the two countries can avoid a catastrophic war and rebuild the relationship. U. S.-Iran misperceptions: A dialogue offers uncompromising analysis and cautious optimism"--Review Quotes: An incisive and masterful analysis of one of our era's most enigmatic international conflicts. A must read for anyone following US-Iran relations. "Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council" This is a timely and interesting book. Relations between Iran and the US are undergoing fundamental change, and the essays in this volume perceptively analyze the mutual missteps of the past and prospects for the future." "Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, USA" At a time when relations between the U. S. and Iran are at a pivot point that could lead to tangible improvement or deepening confrontation, U. S.-Iran Misperceptions provides crucial context. Understanding these misperceptions--as detailed by some of the most astute observers of the U. S. and Iran--could help the two countries stop reopening old wounds and find areas of common ground beneficial to their peoples and the wider world. "Barbara Slavin, Senior Fellow, the Atlantic Council, and author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U. S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation (2007)"Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Can Iranians and Americans find common ground to overcome their troubled history? U. S.-Iran Misperceptions: A Dialogue, is a first-ever written dialogue on the key issues that separate the two great countries. Bringing together former policy makers and international relations experts from the United States and Iran, U. S.-Iran misperceptions: A Dialogue provides new insights and arguments about how each country's elites view the other, and how misperceptions have blocked the two from forging a normal and productive relationship. guided by the leading theorist of misperceptions in international relations, Columbia professor Robert Jervis, the book moves from Jervis' opening essay to consider mutual perceptions of ideology, nuclear weapons, neo-imperialism, regional hegemony, and the future of the relationship. It presents authoritative, clear-eyed asessments, while seeking plausible ways the two countries can avoid a catastrophic war and rebuild the relationship. U. S.-Iran misperceptions: A dialogue offers uncompromising analysis and cautious optimism--; Provided by publisher. Review Quotes: This is a timely and interesting book. Relations between Iran and the US are undergoing fundamental change, and the essays in this volume perceptively analyze the mutual missteps of the past and prospects for the future.--Haleh Esfandiari, Director, Middle East Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, USAReview Quotes: At a time when relations between the U. S. and Iran are at a pivot point that could lead to tangible improvement or deepening confrontation, U. S.-Iran Misperceptions provides crucial context. Understanding these misperceptions--as detailed by some of the most astute observers of the U. S. and Iran--could help the two countries stop reopening old wounds and find areas of common ground beneficial to their peoples and the wider world.--Barbara Slavin, Senior Fellow, the Atlantic Council, and author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U. S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation (2007) Biographical Note: Abbas Maleki, former deputy foreign minister of Iran, teaches at Sharif University, Iran. John Tirman is executive director of the MIT Center for International Studies, US. Table of Contents: AcknowledgementsList of Contributors1. U. S.-Iran Misperceptions: Invitation to a Dialogue, "by Abbas Maleki and John Tirman"2. The United States and Iran: Perceptions and Policy Traps, "by Robert Jervis"3. Iranian Perceptions of U. S. Policy towards Iran: Ayatollah Khamenei's Mindset, "by Seyed Hossein Mousavian"4. American Perceptions of Iran's Policy towards the United States5. Iran's Perception of the U. S. Policy towards the Region, "by ""Kayhan Barzegar"6. America's Perceptions of Iran's Policy towards the Region, "by ""John Tirman"7. The Future of U. S.-Iran Relations, "by Huss Banai"8. Improving U. S.-Iranian Relations and Overcoming Perceptual Biases, "by Abbas Maleki and Robert Reardon"""BibliographyIndex

Contributor Bio:  Tirman, John John Tirman is executive director of MIT's Center for International Studies. He is the author, or coauthor and editor, of nine books on international affairs. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Nation, the Wall Street Journal, and the International Herald Tribune. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.