Checking Iran's Nuclear Ambitions
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Description
Contents
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Language
English
ISBN
1-58487-149-0
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Checking Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Assumptions.
Competitive Strategies.
2. “Legal” Paths to the Bomb
Introduction, Summary.
IAEA Reporting Violations.
Resisting IAEA Additional Protocol.
“Cover”?
Brief Background
Plutonium
Uranium Enrichment.
Weapons Signifi cance
Using LEU as Feed Material
Summary
Changing the System of Protection
Endnotes
3. Internal Struggles
Overview.
Domestic Politics
Structure of the State.
Failure of Internal Reform.
Markers, Roadmaps.
Domestic Politics, US-Iran Relations
Conclusion.
4. Prospects for Regime Change in Iran
Introduction.
Challenge and Opportunity.
Assumptions.
Public Opinion
History
Implications
What Needs to be Done.
Dissidents, National Coalition.
Iran Coordinator.
Islamic Bomb vs Iranian Bomb.
Clerics & Nuclear Bomb.
Nonclerics
Conclusion.
5. Winning Iranian Hearts and Minds
Public Perceptions, Great Satan
Recommendations
Policy Constraints
Monitoring, Evaluating
Conclusion
Endnotes
6. Strategic Cooperation since 1979
Phase 1: 1979-89.
Phase 2: 1989-96.
Phase 3: The Khatami Years.
Phase 4: Future Prospects
7. Challenges of Preventive Military Action
Nuclear Program: Hard Target
Challenge of Prevention
Options
Retaliatory Capacity
Conclusions
Endnotes
About the Authors
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