The Iran Case: Addressing Why Countries Want Nuclear Weapons

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Hunter discusses Iran's motives on its acquisition of nuclear weapons. Among other things, he suggests a new approach to dissuade Iran from developing these weapons of mass destruction.

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The Iran Case: Addressing Why Countries Want Nuclear Weapons

Iran's possible development of nuclear weapons has now come front and center in U.S. foreign policy, as well as in consideration overall of preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction. It has assumed particular importance because of its potential to reshape the security and politics of an already turbulent and critical region. In the middle of the Middle East, such a capability would at the very least lead to a basic reassessment by countries near and far of a full range of security, political, and other issues. As the saga of a widely presumed but not admitted Iranian nuclear weapons program unfolds, with its on-again, of...

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