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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158731003321

Autore

Rezaei Farhad

Titolo

Iran's Nuclear Program : A Study in Proliferation and Rollback / / by Farhad Rezaei

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319441207

3319441205

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 272 p. 12 illus.)

Disciplina

320.956

Soggetti

Middle East - Politics and government

International relations

Comparative government

Middle Eastern Politics

International Relations

Comparative Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Proliferation, Sanctions And Rollback: A Multidisciplinary Approach  -- The Islamic Revolution And The Bomb: Quran Meets Realism  -- Rafsanjani's Nuclear Takeoff: Taking Advantage Of The Weak Non-proliferation Regime  -- Khatami's Dialogue Among Civilizations And The Nuclear "disappearance Act"  -- Ahmadinejad's Principalist Doctrine: Sovereign Rights To A Nuclear Arsenal  -- International Sanctions: The High Cost Of Proliferation In A Neopatrimonial Regime  -- The Rouhani Presidency: The Road To Rollback  -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents the first full and systematic account of Iran's nuclear program from 1979 to 2015. Throughout this time, foreign policy makers, intelligence experts, and scholars on the subject have repeatedly failed to understand the internal dynamics behind Iran's nuclear project and have underestimated the depth of the regime's commitment to develop nuclear weapons. The author presents an account of little-understood episodes in the history of the nuclear



project, including an analysis of the decision making process of the "nuclear sanctum." A full account is given of the organizations that ran the project and a listing of the suppliers that made the project possible. Finally, the book offers a detailed analysis of the international sanctions placed on Iran, including the induced anomie and legitimacy crisis which expedited the decision to rollback.