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"It is not inevitable that Iran will acquire nuclear weapons or even that it will gain the capacity to quickly produce them. U.S. and even Israeli analysts continually push their estimates for such an event further into the future. Nevertheless, absent a change in Iranian policy, it is reasonab...
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Rand Corp,
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| Publisher Address: | Santa Monica, CA : |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
RAND Corporation monograph series ;
MG-1154-SRF |
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| Summary: |
"It is not inevitable that Iran will acquire nuclear weapons or even that it will gain the capacity to quickly produce them. U.S. and even Israeli analysts continually push their estimates for such an event further into the future. Nevertheless, absent a change in Iranian policy, it is reasonable to assume that, some time in the coming decade, Iran will acquire such a capability. Most recent scholarly studies have also focused on how to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Other, less voluminous writing looks at what to do after Iran becomes a nuclear power. What has so far been lack |
| Item Description: | "The research described in this report was sponsored by the Smith Richardson Foundation." -- t.p. verso |
| Carrier Form: | xxvi, 128 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-128). |
| ISBN: |
9780833058652 (paperback) : 0833058657 |
| Index Number: | U264 |
| CLC: |
D871.223.73 D815.2-137.3 |
| Call Number: | D815.2-137.3/C783 |
| Contents: | U.S. interests, objectives, and strategies -- Iran's interests, objectives, and strategies -- The other actors -- U.S. instruments and Iranian vulnerabilities -- Policy alternatives -- Coping with a nuclearizing Iran. |