Yitzhak Shichor
"The first of its kind, Garver's timely book combines exciting insights on politics, ideology, Islam, and energy, as well as military and nuclear policy. This will be the standard work for some time to come."
Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.
A tour de force of the highest importance to U.S. policymakers and scholars alike.
Kamran Aghaie
An excellent study of complex and understudied issues. It is absolutely seminal in the sense that there is no book at all on this topic, and precious few articles. China and Iran is a major contribution to the field.
R. K. Ramazani
Garver's painstaking research shows how China and Iran try consistently to resist perceived American hegemony and invoke their ancient relations to legitimize the convergence of their national interests. Garver empathetically probes these relations from the perspectives of their leaders, rather than his own American lenses.
Saaed Shafqat
Garver's incisive and lucid work draws attention to the range and depth of China—Iran cultural interactions and how these shape their perceptions and projection of power…. These rigorous, refreshing, innovative insights on the intricacies of regional politics are likely to recast our thinking on power relationships in Asia and the Middle East.
From the Publisher
"An excellent study of complex and understudied issues. It is absolutely seminal in the sense that there is no book at all on this topic, and precious few articles. China and Iran is a major contribution to the field."—Kamran Aghaie, University of Texas at Austin
"Garver has again proven himself to be the nation's leading scholar of China's foreign relations. This pathbreaking scholarship provides a much—needed corrective to media caricatures and fills a void of reliable information."—David Shambaugh, George Washington University
"Garver's painstaking research shows how China and Iran try consistently to resist perceived American hegemony and invoke their ancient relations to legitimize the convergence of their national interests. Garver empathetically probes these relations from the perspectives of their leaders, rather than his own American lenses."—R. K. Ramazani, University of Virginia
"Garver's incisive and lucid work draws attention to the range and depth of China—Iran cultural interactions and how these shape their perceptions and projection of power…. These rigorous, refreshing, innovative insights on the intricacies of regional politics are likely to recast our thinking on power relationships in Asia and the Middle East."—Saaed Shafqat, Columbia University
"A tour de force of the highest importance to U.S. policymakers and scholars alike."—Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr.
"The first of its kind, Garver's timely book combines exciting insights on politics, ideology, Islam, and energy, as well as military and nuclear policy. This will be the standard work for some time to come."—Yitzhak Shichor, University of Haifa
David Shambaugh
"Garver has again proven himself to be the nation's leading scholar of China's foreign relations. This pathbreaking scholarship provides a much—needed corrective to media caricatures and fills a void of reliable information."
