UT Professor’s Book is Published by Routledge

In this book, Dr. Houshisadat, Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the UT Faculty of Law and Political Science, brought together the results yielded by four years of research conducted during his time as a postdoctoral researcher and a visiting professor at the State University of New York and the University of Toronto.

The book description on Routledge’s website reads:

Focusing on the interplay between domestic-level changes and region-wide interaction, this book provides a comprehensive analytical and theoretical survey of Iranian foreign relations in the Middle East from Antiquity until the Islamic Republic. It charts developments from the earliest regimes in Persia, including the Median kingdom and the Sassanid Empire, through rule by, amongst others, Abbasids, Mongols, Safavids and Qajars, up to the modern states of the Shah and the Islamic Republic. Throughout [the book], the author reflects on the enduring factors which have shaped Iran’s relations with the rest of the region, factors such as geography, culture, the belief systems of policy makers, the structures of decision-making and government, and sub-regional systems. Overall, the book provides a deep analysis of Iranian foreign relations in the Middle East over 4,700 years.

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