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Coping with a nuclearizing Iran / James Dobbins ...[et. al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dobbins, James.
- Series:
- RAND Corporation monograph series Coping with a nuclearizing Iran
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons--Iran.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Nuclear arms control.
- United States--Foreign relations--Iran.
- United States.
- Iran--Foreign relations--United States.
- Iran.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (215 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Some time in the coming decade, Iran will probably acquire nuclear weapons or the capacity to quickly produce them. This monograph provides a midterm strategy for dealing with Iran that neither begins nor ends at the point at which Tehran acquires a nuclear weapon capability. It proposes an approach that neither acquiesces to a nuclear-armed Iran nor refuses to admit the possibility--indeed, the likelihood--of this occurring.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: U.S. Interests, Objectives, and Strategies; Long History of Mutual Grievances; Ups and Downs in the Relationship; Chapter Three: Iran's Interests, Objectives, and Strategies; Iranian Views of the United States; Iranian Factional Interests; Ideological Opposition to the United States; The Revolutionary Guards; Iran's Future Nuclear Posture; Conclusion; Chapter Four: The Other Actors; The Gulf Cooperation Council States; Key Areas of U.S. Leverage; Israel
- Halting Iran's Nuclear CapabilitiesConstraining Iran's Regional Influence; Influencing Iran's Internal Political Evolution; Turkey; Syria; Iraq; China; Russia; Europe; Conclusion; Chapter Five: U.S. Instruments and Iranian Vulnerabilities; Diplomacy; Third-Party Intermediaries; Multilateral Diplomacy; Direct U.S.-Iranian Dialogue; Iran's Political System and U.S. Diplomacy; Sanctions; Covert Action; Soft Power; The Military Option; Halting Iran's Nuclear Program; Moderating Iranian External Behavior; Influencing Iran's Internal Evolution; Conclusion; Chapter Six: Policy Alternatives
- EngagementContainment; Preemption; Deterrence; Normalization; Regime Change; Conclusion; Chapter Seven: Coping with a Nuclearizing Iran; Containment Plus; Deterrence; Sanctions; Engagement; Soft Power; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Sponsored by the Smith Richardson Foundation.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-12686-8
- 9786613530721
- 0-8330-5867-3
- OCLC:
- 857363736
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