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IRGC AND IRANIAN SOFT AND HARD POWER INFLUENCE WITHIN THE MIDDLE EAST

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2018
Abstract/Description:
The IRGC, or the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Iran have utilized soft power to increase their influence within the Middle East. By using military superiority; ideological influence; and trade, both the Iran and the IRGC established dependency between themselves and patron states. Of these patron states, the research focuses on Iraq; Syria; and Yemen, and how Iran and the IRGC affect them through soft power. This research suggests that Iran and the IRGC is using the disability of the aforementioned states to increase their own influence by making them dependent on Iranian military supplies; cultural indoctrination to align with Iranian ideology; and economic dependent on Iran. As Iran's influence grows within these states, its power in the Middle East grows and becomes a security risk for Saudi Arabia; Israel; and any other regime that does not have its interests align with the Iranian regime.
Title: IRGC AND IRANIAN SOFT AND HARD POWER INFLUENCE WITHIN THE MIDDLE EAST.
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Name(s): Urbina, Daryl F, Author
Sadri, Houman A., Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2018
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: The IRGC, or the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Iran have utilized soft power to increase their influence within the Middle East. By using military superiority; ideological influence; and trade, both the Iran and the IRGC established dependency between themselves and patron states. Of these patron states, the research focuses on Iraq; Syria; and Yemen, and how Iran and the IRGC affect them through soft power. This research suggests that Iran and the IRGC is using the disability of the aforementioned states to increase their own influence by making them dependent on Iranian military supplies; cultural indoctrination to align with Iranian ideology; and economic dependent on Iran. As Iran's influence grows within these states, its power in the Middle East grows and becomes a security risk for Saudi Arabia; Israel; and any other regime that does not have its interests align with the Iranian regime.
Identifier: CFH2000444 (IID), ucf:45770 (fedora)
Note(s): 2018-12-01
B.S.
College of Sciences, Political Science
Bachelors
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Subject(s): economy
ideology
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
Iraq
IRGC
military
Soft Power
Syria
Yemen
Iran
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000444
Restrictions on Access: public
Host Institution: UCF

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