TY - BOOK ID - 8657260 TI - Iran's political, demographic, and economic vulnerabilities AU - Crane, Keith AU - Lal, Rollie. AU - Martini, Jeffrey. PY - 2008 SN - 0833043048 9786611736583 1281736589 083304527X 9780833045270 9780833043047 9781281736581 PB - Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corp., DB - UniCat KW - Iran -- Economic conditions -- 1997-. KW - Iran -- Politics and government -- 1997-. KW - Iran -- Strategic aspects. KW - Middle East KW - Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East KW - History & Archaeology KW - Iran KW - Politics and government KW - Strategic aspects. KW - Economic conditions KW - República Islâmica do Irã KW - Irã KW - Persia KW - Northern Tier KW - Islamic Republic of Iran KW - Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān KW - I-lang KW - Paras-Iran KW - Paras KW - Persia-Iran KW - I.R.A. KW - Islamische Republik Iran KW - Islamskai︠a︡ Respublika Iran KW - I.R.I. KW - IRI KW - ايران KW - جمهورى اسلامى ايران KW - Êran KW - Komarî Îslamî Êran UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8657260 AB - Iran is one of the most important U.S. foreign policy concerns but is. extraordinarily difficult to engage. The authors assess current political,. ethnic, demographic, and economic trends and vulnerabilities in Iran, then. offer recommendations on U.S. policies that might foster the trends. beneficial to U.S. interests. However, if these trends do take root in Iran,. seeing them come to fruition will take time and, therefore, patience. ER -