LEADER 03687nam 22006015 450 001 9910255310503321 005 20251030105632.0 010 $a9781137273093 010 $a1137273097 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-27309-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000726505 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-27309-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4720394 035 $a(Perlego)3484991 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6241499 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000726505 100 $a20160608d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLiving on the Edge $eIran and the Practice of Nuclear Hedging /$fby Wyn Bowen, Matthew Moran, Dina Esfandiary 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XXV, 189 p. 1 illus.) 311 08$a9781349670208 311 08$a1349670200 311 08$a9781137273086 311 08$a1137273089 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAbout the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Chronology of Events.-Introduction: Understanding Iranian Proliferation Behaviour -- Chapter 1: The Nature of Nuclear Hedging -- Chapter 2: Opaque Proliferation and Moves Towards Latency -- Chapter 3: Narrating a Nuclear Programme -- Chapter 4: Playing for Time? Iran?s Nuclear Diplomacy -- Chapter 5: Rouhani?s Redirection: The End of Iranian Hedging? -- Chapter 6: Living with nuclear hedging -- Conclusion: Latency With Intent -- Bibliography -- Annex 1: Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action -- Index. 330 $aIn this book, the authors explore the controversial Iranian nuclear programme through the conceptual lens of nuclear hedging. In 2002, revelations regarding undeclared nuclear facilities thrust Iran?s nuclear activities under the spotlight and prompted concerns that Tehran was pursuing nuclear weapons. Iran has always denied nuclear weapons aspirations, yet it cannot be disputed that the Islamic Republic has gone well beyond what is required for a civil nuclear programme based on energy production and scientific research. What, then, is the nature and significance of Iran's nuclear behaviour? Does it form part of a coherent strategy? What can Iran's actions in the nuclear field tell us about Tehran's intentions? And what does the Iranian case teach us about proliferation behaviour more generally? This book addresses these questions by exploring the nature of nuclear hedging and how this approach might be identified, before applying this logic to the Iranian case. It provides fresh insights into the inherently opaque area of nuclear proliferation and a more nuanced interpretation of the Iranian nuclear challenge. 606 $aPolitics and war 606 $aPeace 606 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government 606 $aMilitary and Defence Studies 606 $aPeace and Conflict Studies 606 $aMiddle Eastern Politics 615 0$aPolitics and war. 615 0$aPeace. 615 0$aMiddle East$xPolitics and government. 615 14$aMilitary and Defence Studies. 615 24$aPeace and Conflict Studies. 615 24$aMiddle Eastern Politics. 676 $a355 700 $aBowen$b Wyn$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0784227 702 $aMoran$b Matthew$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aEsfandiary$b Dina$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255310503321 996 $aLiving on the Edge$92528304 997 $aUNINA