Published on behalf of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Introduction -- 2. How we got here, and where we stand -- 3. Policy today -- 4. The implications of a nuclear Iran -- 5. Conclusion.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The first objective is to situate Iran's nuclear programme in the context of the security concerns of all of the interested parties, including Iran itself. The nuclear dispute is embedded in a set of overlapping security disputes between Iran on the one hand and the United States, Arab regional powers, Israel and the broader 'West' on the other. The second objective is to situate this examination of Iran in a comparative and thematic context. A large volume of information is available on, for instance, the historic efficacy of economic sanctions; on the influences that weigh upon states when deciding whether to pursue nuclear weapons; and on the ways in which states can and cannot use nuclear weapons as instruments of coercion or aggression. The third objective is to consider how policy responses by the West will and should evolve were Iran to resume its alleged nuclear-weapons programme, continue to undertake some degree of near-weaponisation or weaponisation or test and deploy nuclear weapons.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
MIL
Stock Number
732581
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
International Standard Book Number
041583256X
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Nuclear arms control-- Iran.
Armes nucléaires-- Contrôle-- Iran.
Nuclear arms control.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Iran.
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
355
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02170955
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
U264
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5
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I7
Book number
J67
2012eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Joshi, Shashank.
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.