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The Iranian nuclear crisis : avoiding worst-case outcomes / Mark Fitzpatrick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fitzpatrick, Mark, author.
- Series:
- Adelphi papers ; no. 398.
- Adelphi paper, 0567-932X ; 398
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons--Iran.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Nuclear arms control--Iran.
- Nuclear arms control.
- Nuclear nonproliferation--Iran.
- Nuclear nonproliferation.
- Iran--Military policy.
- Iran.
- Iran--Politics and government--1997-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (99 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Routledge for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This paper explains how Iran developed its nuclear programme to the point where it threatens to achieve a weapons capability within a short time frame, and analyses Western policy responses aimed at forestalling that capability. Key questions are addressed: will the world have to accept an Iranian uranium-enrichment programme, and does having a weapons capability mean having the Bomb? For nearly two decades, Western strategy on the Iran nuclear issue emphasised denial of supply. Since 2002, there has also been a demand-side dimension to the strategy, aimed at changing Iran's cost-be
- Contents:
- Front Cover; The Iranian Nuclear Crisis; Copyright Page; Contents; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter One. Framing the Problem: Iran's Pursuit of Fissile Material; Iran's uranium enrichment: a unifying concern for the West; Seeking a weapons capability; Sensitive technologies; No enrichment: a consistent transatlantic objective; Chapter Two. Western Strategy So Far; Denial of supply; Demand-side strategies; Sanctions and pressure; Is the strategy working?; The time factor; Chapter Three. Can Iran's Capability Be Kept Non-Weaponised?; Fallback proposals; Assessing the risks; Conclussion
- Future negotiationsSecurity guarantees; Strengthening sanctions; Containment and deterrence strategies; Notes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-86903-0
- 0-203-71769-4
- 1-283-96877-0
- 1-135-86896-4
- 9780203717691
- OCLC:
- 826854895
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