Iranian Reconstruction and Development in Syria: Geopolitical Interests, Conflict-Based Drivers, and Transnational Linkages

• In Event: State, Society and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Iran

Brief Overview

This paper examines how Iran has instrumentalized reconstruction and development to promote its geopolitical interests in Syria and how these efforts have mitigated and exacerbated violent conflict locally and transnationally.

Author

• Eric Lob, Florida International University