Independence without Freedom comprises Rouhollah K. Ramazani’s most insightful book chapters and journal articles on Iranian foreign policy.... Ramazani is, without a doubt, the most eloquent and knowledgeable researcher of Iranian foreign policy, and he provides scholars and policymakers alike with thoroughly informative and highly analytical work, which is both personal and authoritative. Independence without Freedom should be assigned reading in any course on Iranian foreign policy, and is a must-read for policy makers and journalists struggling to make sense of Iranian foreign policy behavior.
Ruhi Ramazani is the expert’s expert on Iran. No one writes with greater authority or insight on Iran’s foreign policy under both the monarchy and the theocracy. Ramazani is also that rare scholar who knows Iran from both inside and out. This is a wonderfully rich, comprehensive, and invaluable work!
"Ruhi Ramazani is the expert’s expert on Iran. No one writes with greater authority or insight on Iran’s foreign policy under both the monarchy and the theocracy. Ramazani is also that rare scholar who knows Iran from both inside and out. This is a wonderfully rich, comprehensive, and invaluable work! "—Robin Wright, author of Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World
"[Ramazani] has written with sparkling clarity on a difficult subject and with both passion and objectivity on an issue which... is still laden with emotional baggage. "—author of New York Review of Books
"Ruhi Ramazani has been the teacher to several generations of Iran scholars and analysts, and the essays contained here take on all the biggest issues relating to Iran: ideology, religion, idealism, pragmatism, law. Ramazani was one of the first to look carefully at such phenomena as the role of Shiism in Persian Gulf politics and the growth of terrorism as an ideology. This is a Scholar's Progress, an odyssey of a life of scholarship and policy engagement. "—Gary Sick, Columbia University
" Independence without Freedom comprises Rouhollah K. Ramazani’s most insightful book chapters and journal articles on Iranian foreign policy.... Ramazani is, without a doubt, the most eloquent and knowledgeable researcher of Iranian foreign policy, and he provides scholars and policymakers alike with thoroughly informative and highly analytical work, which is both personal and authoritative. Independence without Freedom should be assigned reading in any course on Iranian foreign policy, and is a must-read for policy makers and journalists struggling to make sense of Iranian foreign policy behavior. "—author of H-Net Reviews
"A scholarly capstone, Independence without Freedom contains 20 essays spanning [Ramazani's] entire career. Refreshingly light on theoretical jargon, Ramazani's essays probe the determinants and consequences of 20th century Iranian statecraft. "—author of Middle East Journal
