That is very nice of you. As someone self-taught about geopolitics, it is very encouraging to get validation from actual experts like you.
This was a tricky one to write with a LOT of research.
So much to say and I had to not talk about so many others afferent topics, like the Syrian war, the Kurds, Turkey, ISIS, the Greek influence on Persia, the Bactrian empire, relations to India and Pakistan, and so on. This is most certainly a range of topic I will need to get back to in due time.
While the rest of Iran's history is certainly interesting, I think anything more would have been distracting from your main argument.
Not exactly sure what you have planned for part 2, but two things cannot be understated for the Iran situation: 1) the impact of US sanctions and 2) loyalty to the current regime. These two things have huge impacts both economically and culturally.
Iran definitely endeavors to work around sanctions, but it would be much easier to just not have them of course. Dissent towards the regime seems to bubble up on occasion, but the government never allows it to pick up steam (somewhat similar to Russia).
As someone who studied Iran for some time for my job, this was a pretty accurate overview of the Iran situation. Well done.
That is very nice of you. As someone self-taught about geopolitics, it is very encouraging to get validation from actual experts like you.
This was a tricky one to write with a LOT of research.
So much to say and I had to not talk about so many others afferent topics, like the Syrian war, the Kurds, Turkey, ISIS, the Greek influence on Persia, the Bactrian empire, relations to India and Pakistan, and so on. This is most certainly a range of topic I will need to get back to in due time.
While the rest of Iran's history is certainly interesting, I think anything more would have been distracting from your main argument.
Not exactly sure what you have planned for part 2, but two things cannot be understated for the Iran situation: 1) the impact of US sanctions and 2) loyalty to the current regime. These two things have huge impacts both economically and culturally.
Iran definitely endeavors to work around sanctions, but it would be much easier to just not have them of course. Dissent towards the regime seems to bubble up on occasion, but the government never allows it to pick up steam (somewhat similar to Russia).