Trita Parsi

==Books==

==Books==

===''Treacherous Alliance''===

===''Treacherous Alliance''===

In 2007, [[Yale University Press]] published ''Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States''. Parsi's work is an expansion of his 2006 Ph.D. dissertation writing at Johns Hopkins University under the supervision of his Ph.D. adviser [[Francis Fukuyama]].{{cite book|last1=Parsi|first1=Trita|title=Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States|date=28 October 2008|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300143119|page=18|edition=1}} The book "takes a closer look at the complicated triangular relations between [[Israel]], [[Iran]], and the [[United States]] that continue to shape the future of the [[Middle East]]."{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/publication/16231/paul_colliers_bottom_billion_wins_cfrs_2008_arthur_ross_book_award.html?breadcrumb=%2Fmedia%2Fnews_releases |title=Paul Collier's Bottom Billion Wins CFR's 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award |date=16 May 2008 |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations |access-date=25 November 2009 |archive-date=16 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616031422/http://www.cfr.org/publication/16231/paul_colliers_bottom_billion_wins_cfrs_2008_arthur_ross_book_award.html?breadcrumb=%2Fmedia%2Fnews_releases |url-status=dead }} The book argues that the struggle between Israel and Iran is not ideological but strategic.

In 2007, [[Yale University Press]] published ''Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States''. The book is an expansion of his 2006 Ph.D. dissertation written at Johns Hopkins University under the supervision of his Ph.D. adviser [[Francis Fukuyama]].{{cite book|last1=Parsi|first1=Trita|title=Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States|date=28 October 2008|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300143119|page=18|edition=1}} The book "takes a closer look at the complicated triangular relations among [[Israel]], [[Iran]], and the [[United States]] that continue to shape the future of the [[Middle East]]."{{cite web |url=http://www.cfr.org/publication/16231/paul_colliers_bottom_billion_wins_cfrs_2008_arthur_ross_book_award.html?breadcrumb=%2Fmedia%2Fnews_releases |title=Paul Collier's Bottom Billion Wins CFR's 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award |date=16 May 2008 |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations |access-date=25 November 2009 |archive-date=16 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616031422/http://www.cfr.org/publication/16231/paul_colliers_bottom_billion_wins_cfrs_2008_arthur_ross_book_award.html?breadcrumb=%2Fmedia%2Fnews_releases |url-status=dead }} The book argues that the struggle between Israel and Iran is not ideological but strategic.

In ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'', L. Carl Brown called the book a "well-constructed history" and former U.S. ambassador [[Peter Galbraith]] praised the book as "a wonderfully informative account." The book was also praised by political scientist [[John Mearsheimer]] and former [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]] who was on his dissertation committee. In 2008, ''Treacherous Alliance'' was awarded the silver medal (runner-up) in the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]' [[Arthur Ross Book Award]].

In ''[[Foreign Affairs]]'', L. Carl Brown called the book a "well-constructed history", and former U.S. ambassador [[Peter Galbraith]] praised the book as "a wonderfully informative account." The book was also praised by political scientist [[John Mearsheimer]] and former [[National Security Advisor (United States)|National Security Advisor]] [[Zbigniew Brzezinski]], who was on his dissertation committee. In 2008, ''Treacherous Alliance'' was awarded the silver medal (runner-up) in the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]' [[Arthur Ross Book Award]].

Reviewing the book in ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]'' in March 2008, [[Nathan Thrall]] was skeptical of the praise heaped on this book by authorities in American foreign policy and Middle East studies. He disagreed with Parsi's contention that the internal dynamics of states (i.e., their ideology, system of governance, ethnic makeup, class structure, and religion) have little or no impact on their foreign policies. Thrall suggested that in propounding such a thesis, Parsi, "the head of a lobby promoting 'greater understanding' of Iran," may just be "doing his job. But the distinction between arriving at a conclusion and beginning with one is what separates the work of a historian from that of a lobbyist. In this case, it is a distinction that seems to be lost not only on him but on the luminaries who have lined up to endorse his defective scholarship and tendentious conclusions."{{cite journal |last1=Thrall |first1=Nathan |date=March 2008 |title=Persian Aversion |journal=Commentary Magazine |url=https://www.commentary.org/articles/nathan-thrall/treacherous-alliance-by-trita-parsi/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |archive-date=2022-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017030911/https://www.commentary.org/articles/nathan-thrall/treacherous-alliance-by-trita-parsi/ |url-status=live }}

Reviewing the book in ''[[Commentary (magazine)|Commentary]]'' in March 2008, [[Nathan Thrall]] was skeptical of the praise heaped on this book by authorities in American foreign policy and Middle East studies. He disagreed with Parsi's contention that the internal dynamics of states (i.e., their ideology, system of governance, ethnic makeup, class structure, and religion) have little or no impact on their foreign policies. Thrall suggested that in propounding such a thesis, Parsi, "the head of a lobby promoting 'greater understanding' of Iran," may just be "doing his job. But the distinction between arriving at a conclusion and beginning with one is what separates the work of a historian from that of a lobbyist. In this case, it is a distinction that seems to be lost not only on him but on the luminaries who have lined up to endorse his defective scholarship and tendentious conclusions."{{cite journal |last1=Thrall |first1=Nathan |date=March 2008 |title=Persian Aversion |journal=Commentary Magazine |url=https://www.commentary.org/articles/nathan-thrall/treacherous-alliance-by-trita-parsi/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |archive-date=2022-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017030911/https://www.commentary.org/articles/nathan-thrall/treacherous-alliance-by-trita-parsi/ |url-status=live }}