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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462918803321

Autore

Sofaer Abraham D

Titolo

Taking on Iran [[electronic resource] ] : strength, diplomacy and the Iranian threat / / by Abraham D. Sofaer ; foreword by George P. Shultz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, CA, : Hoover Institution Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8179-1636-9

Edizione

[Updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 637

Altri autori (Persone)

ShultzGeorge Pratt <1920->

Disciplina

327.73055090511

Soggetti

International relations

Electronic books.

United States Foreign relations Iran

Iran Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations 1977-1981

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by George P. Shultz; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Dealing with the Iranian Threat; Regime Change; Sanctions; Negotiations and Direct Appeals; Preventive Attack or Containment?; An Alternative to Preventive Attack and Containment; Chapter 2 - Thirty Years of IRGC Aggression; Lebanon; Iraq; Afghanistan; Saudi Arabia; United States; Attacks on Other States; Interference with Navigational Rights; Chapter 3 - Thirty Years of US Weakness; Jimmy Carter; Ronald Reagan; George H.W. Bush; William J. Clinton; George W. Bush

Barack ObamaChapter 4 - Defending Against IRGC Attacks; Legality of Defending Against IRGC Aggression; Legitimacy of Defensive Measures Against the IRGC; Covert Attacks; Balance of Consequences; Chapter 5 - Beyond Strength: Effective Diplomacy; Rhetorical Restraint; Regime Engagement; Limited Linkage; A Broad Agenda; Forum Flexibility; Conclusion; Notes; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Abraham D. Sofaer argues that US policy toward Iran cannot safely be restricted to a strategy that considers only the two high-risk, costly, and potentially infeasible options of a preventive attack on Iran's nuclear facilities or containing a nuclear-armed Iran. Instead, the



United States should respond forcefully to Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) aggression, enhancing its credibility and increasing the likelihood that Iran will negotiate in earnest. The United States must also be prepared to engage Iran in a disciplined manner, avoiding disabling preconditions and adopting the nego