In Rogue Regimes, Raymond Tanter explores U.S. foreign policy with regard to nations such as Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Libya, uncovering the reasons why these countries are so menacing to the United States. In addition, Tanter examines U.S. policy toward the governments of Cuba and North Korea, which continue to promote their own forms of communism.

Personality, politics, and policies -- Iran : balance of power versus dual containment -- Iraq : accommodation or containment -- Libya : contain or embrace -- Syria : contain or embrace -- Cuba : contain and embrace -- North Korea : contain and embrace.