The Iranian nuclear crisis : avoiding worst-case outcomes / / Mark Fitzpatrick
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| Autore: |
Fitzpatrick Mark
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| Titolo: |
The Iranian nuclear crisis : avoiding worst-case outcomes / / Mark Fitzpatrick
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Routledge for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, , 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (99 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 355.02170955 |
| Soggetto topico: | Nuclear weapons - Iran |
| Nuclear arms control - Iran | |
| Nuclear nonproliferation - Iran | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Iran Military policy |
| Iran Politics and government 1997- | |
| Altri autori: |
HuxleyTim
FletcherKatharine
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; The Iranian Nuclear Crisis; Copyright Page; Contents; Glossary; Introduction; Chapter One. Framing the Problem: Iran's Pursuit of Fissile Material; Iran's uranium enrichment: a unifying concern for the West; Seeking a weapons capability; Sensitive technologies; No enrichment: a consistent transatlantic objective; Chapter Two. Western Strategy So Far; Denial of supply; Demand-side strategies; Sanctions and pressure; Is the strategy working?; The time factor; Chapter Three. Can Iran's Capability Be Kept Non-Weaponised?; Fallback proposals; Assessing the risks; Conclussion |
| Future negotiationsSecurity guarantees; Strengthening sanctions; Containment and deterrence strategies; Notes | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This paper explains how Iran developed its nuclear programme to the point where it threatens to achieve a weapons capability within a short time frame, and analyses Western policy responses aimed at forestalling that capability. Key questions are addressed: will the world have to accept an Iranian uranium-enrichment programme, and does having a weapons capability mean having the Bomb? For nearly two decades, Western strategy on the Iran nuclear issue emphasised denial of supply. Since 2002, there has also been a demand-side dimension to the strategy, aimed at changing Iran's cost-be |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Iranian nuclear crisis |
| ISBN: | 1-135-86903-0 |
| 0-203-71769-4 | |
| 1-283-96877-0 | |
| 1-135-86896-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813523503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Adelphi papers ; ; no. 398.