Iran's Strategic Penetration of Latin America
Foreword by Álvaro Uribe Vélez Contributions by Ilan Berman, Leonardo Coutinho, Joel Hirst, Joseph M. Humire, Diego C. Naveira, Julián M. Obiglio, Adrián Oliva, Alex Pérez, Jon B. Perdue, Martin Rodil, Iván Witker Edited by Ilan Berman, Joseph M. Humire
Publication date:
30 March 2016Length of book:
142 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498505987
In recent years, significant attention has focused upon the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear ambitions, and the threat they pose to the United States and the West. Far less well understood, however, has been the phenomenon of Iran’s regional advance in America’s own Hemisphere—an intrusion that has both foreign policy and national security implications for the United States and its allies. In this collection, noted specialists and regional experts examine the various facets of Iran’s contemporary presence in Central and South America, and detail what the Islamic Republic’s growing geopolitical footprint south of the U.S. border signifies, both for Iran and for the United States.
Iran's Strategic Penetration of Latin America does a good job of providing an overall picture of Iran's infiltration of South and Central America and the Caribbean. It also raises the question of what the future holds for the region.