03856nam 2200685 a 450 99632019920331620230725054330.01-280-12686-897866135307210-8330-5867-3(CKB)2550000000075161(EBL)826893(SSID)ssj0000611593(PQKBManifestationID)11412676(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000611593(PQKBWorkID)10666609(PQKB)10855427(Au-PeEL)EBL826893(CaPaEBR)ebr10520592(OCoLC)857363736(MiAaPQ)EBC826893(EXLCZ)99255000000007516120120112d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCoping with a nuclearizing Iran[electronic resource] /James Dobbins ...[et. al.]Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation20111 online resource (215 p.)RAND Corporation monograph series Coping with a nuclearizing IranSponsored by the Smith Richardson Foundation.0-8330-5865-7 Includes bibliographical references.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: U.S. Interests, Objectives, and Strategies; Long History of Mutual Grievances; Ups and Downs in the Relationship; Chapter Three: Iran's Interests, Objectives, and Strategies; Iranian Views of the United States; Iranian Factional Interests; Ideological Opposition to the United States; The Revolutionary Guards; Iran's Future Nuclear Posture; Conclusion; Chapter Four: The Other Actors; The Gulf Cooperation Council States; Key Areas of U.S. Leverage; IsraelHalting Iran's Nuclear CapabilitiesConstraining Iran's Regional Influence; Influencing Iran's Internal Political Evolution; Turkey; Syria; Iraq; China; Russia; Europe; Conclusion; Chapter Five: U.S. Instruments and Iranian Vulnerabilities; Diplomacy; Third-Party Intermediaries; Multilateral Diplomacy; Direct U.S.-Iranian Dialogue; Iran's Political System and U.S. Diplomacy; Sanctions; Covert Action; Soft Power; The Military Option; Halting Iran's Nuclear Program; Moderating Iranian External Behavior; Influencing Iran's Internal Evolution; Conclusion; Chapter Six: Policy AlternativesEngagementContainment; Preemption; Deterrence; Normalization; Regime Change; Conclusion; Chapter Seven: Coping with a Nuclearizing Iran; Containment Plus; Deterrence; Sanctions; Engagement; Soft Power; BibliographySome time in the coming decade, Iran will probably acquire nuclear weapons or the capacity to quickly produce them. This monograph provides a midterm strategy for dealing with Iran that neither begins nor ends at the point at which Tehran acquires a nuclear weapon capability. It proposes an approach that neither acquiesces to a nuclear-armed Iran nor refuses to admit the possibility--indeed, the likelihood--of this occurring.Nuclear weaponsIranNuclear arms controlUnited StatesForeign relationsIranIranForeign relationsUnited StatesNuclear weaponsNuclear arms control.300Dobbins JamesDobbins James1942-913849Nader Alireza910137Kaye Dalia Dassa910135Wehrey Frederic M714194Smith Richardson Foundation.Rand Corporation.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996320199203316Coping with a nuclearizing Iran2878720UNISA