Abstract: Entessar & Afrasiabi’s Iran Nuclear Negotiations (Rowman & Littlefield, October 2015) offered a thorough analysis of the negotiation process between Iran and the 5+1…
Country or Region: Iran
Abstract: In November 2013, a historic agreement on Iran’s nuclear program was reached between Iran and the world powers, raising the prospects for a long-term…
Abstract: How does the acquisition of latent nuclear capabilities—in the form of enrichment and reprocessing facilities—affect a state’s military security and bargaining power? On the…
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Abstract: This article analyzes how foreign policy is made in the Islamic Republic of Iran. To do so, it analyzes the role of various state…
Abstract: Conventional wisdom holds that Iran has no formal doctrine of deterrence. Certain deterring agents have been identified, but these are incomplete and have not…
Abstract: If grand strategy is a state’s theory of how to produce security for itself, what should the U.S. grand strategy be toward Iran? This…
Abstract: Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been at the center of Middle Eastern politics and a global nonproliferation source of concern for almost twenty years. Much…
Abstract: When Iran and the world powers resumed negotiations over Tehran’s controversial nuclear program after a seven-year lull, Iran’s hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was approaching…
Summary This book presents the first full and systematic account of Iran’s nuclear program from 1979 to 2015. Throughout this time, foreign policy makers, intelligence…
Preview President Donald Trump cast his decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal as part of his administration’s “efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring…
Preview One year into the unorthodox presidency of Donald Trump, the United States faces an array of complex and dangerous foreign policy challenges that require…
Preview Following President Donald Trump’s decision no longer to certify that the Iran nuclear accord is in the U.S. national security interest, the conversation in…
Preview President Donald Trump has made a number of sometimes contradictory comments related to nuclear weapons during his political campaign and since his election.
Preview Europeans leaders are seeking to shore up support for the Iran nuclear deal amid criticism from the United States over the duration of provisions…
Preview The Trump administration’s recently completed North Korea policy review calls for “maximum pressure” on Pyongyang, but leaves open room for engagement. Although President Donald…
