Excerpt In “Time to Attack Iran” (January/February 2012), Matthew Kroenig takes a page out of the decade-old playbook used by advocates of the Iraq war.…
Country or Region: Iran
Abstract At the end of January, Israeli intelligence officials quietly indicated that they have downgraded their assessments of Iran’s ability to build a nuclear bomb.…
Abstract It might be wise for the United States to resign itself to Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and to focus on deterring the Islamic…
Introduction Walter Russell Mead paints a disturbing portrait of the United States’ geopolitical predicament. As he sees it, an increasingly formidable coalition of illiberal powers…
Abstract The chronic problem of nuclear proliferation is once again dominating the news. A fierce debate has developed over how to respond to the threat…
Summary Henry Kissinger offers in World Order a deep meditation on the roots of international harmony and global disorder. Drawing on his experience as one of the…
Abstract Rapid growth in Iran’s domestic energy demand and its dependence on oil exports for revenue has forced it to consider alternative future energy solutions.…
Abstract The energy sector is the biggest contributor of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere in Iran. However, abundant potential for implementing low-carbon…
Continue reading Talaei, Alireza, Mohammad Sadegh Ahadi, and Soroush Maghsoudy
Abstract Iran’s efforts to endow nuclear capacities date back to the Shah’s era, and were at that time developed through a close collaboration with the…
Summary Uranium occurs naturally in the earth’s crust-yet holds the power to end all life on the planet. This is its fundamental paradox, and its…
Abstract Understanding why the Iranian regime wants to possess nuclear weapons is essential to formulating the best policy to prevent (or perhaps to simply manage)…
Summary President Obama’s administration came to office with the world on fire. Confront and Conceal is the story of how, in his first term, Obama secretly used…
Summary In this startling book, now in paperback, the bestselling author of Explaining Hitler warns that a nuclear World War III is not only the most massive and…
Summary SPIES AGAINST ARMAGEDDON is a powerful, vivid history of Israel’s intelligence services — led by the respected and feared Mossad — from the country’s…
Abstract In the past few years, horizontal and vertical proliferation have collided. That is, the need for significant strengthening of the nonproliferation regime in the…
