Table of Contents

• The workshop and its objectives
• Executive summary
• Chapter 1 - Can Iran become "moderate", and what are the implications for the West?
• Chapter 2 - The forces influencing Iranian political life
• Chapter 3 - An extrapolative examination of how the next Supreme Leader may be chosen
• Chapter 4 - The evolving role and limitations of Iran's security apparatus
• Chapter 5 - The Saudi-Iranian rivalry in a regional context
• Chapter 6 - Iran: Stuck under a low ceiling in Iraq, cutting its losses in Syria
• Chapter 7 - Sustaining the JCPOA: Iranian threats, challenges and calculations
• Chapter 8 - Iran-Russia relations: Current state and potential evolution
• Chapter 9 - The prospects for the future of US-Iran relations
• Chapter 10 - Assessing the potential of Iran's investment prospects: Oil and gas and beyond
• Chapter 11 - Towards free-market reforms in Iran?
• Chapter 12 - The resistance economy: Gauging the influence of the military and the IRGC on the economy
• Appendix A - Workshop agenda
• Appendix B - Academic Outreach at CSIS