Independence without Freedom: Iran's Foreign Policy

Ruhi Ramazani was widely considered the dean of Iranian foreign policy study, having spent sixty years studying and writing about the country's international relations. Independence without Freedom draws together twenty of his most insightful and important articles and book chapters, with a new introduction and afterword.

The volume’s introduction outlines the origins of Ramazani’s early interest in Iran’s international role, which can be traced to the crushing effects of World War II on the...