Iran’s Nuclear Program: A Study in Proliferation and Rollback - Couverture souple

Rezaei, Farhad

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 3319829882 ISBN 13 : 9783319829883

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Synopsis

CHAPTER 1 PROLIFERATION, SANCTIONS AND ROLLBACK: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH 1 The Puzzle of Iran's Proliferation: Optimists vs. Pessimists 2 Rolling Back Iran's Nuclear Program? Sanction Advocates vs. Sanction Skeptics 6 Iran as a Non-Unitary Actor: The Negotiated Political Order 9 Methodology and Structure 12CHAPTER 2 THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION AND THE BOMB: QURAN MEETS REALISM 16 The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic: The High Cost of Exporting the Revolution 17 The Quranic Way Of War: Is There Room For Nuclear Weapons? 28 Bushehr and Beyond: Building a Case for Nuclear Weapons 33CHAPTER 3 RAFSANJANI'S NUCLEAR TAKEOFF: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE WEAK NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME 46 Hiding in Plain Site: The Legitimate Infrastructure of an Illicit Program 47 Building its Own Scientific Cadre: Iran as a Nuclear Science Beacon to the World? 57 The Pakistani Connection: Making the Dream of a Muslim Bomb a Doable Reality? 61 Shopping in the A. Q. Khan Nuclear Bazaar: the Centrifuge Blueprint Purchase 66 Beyond the "Khan Bazaar" Making Pakistani Proliferation Official? 72 The North Korean Connection: Shopping For Missiles and More 76 Evading the Nonproliferation Regime: Complexity and Dissimulation 84

CHAPTER 4KHATAMI'S DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS AND THE NUCLEAR "DISAPPEARANCE ACT" 100 Khatami's Vision of Foreign Policy: The Meaning of the Dialogue among Civilizations 100 On Khatami's Watch: Speeding Up the Nuclear Project 112 The MEK's Disclosure and its Aftermath: Adjusting Tactics without Changing Strategy 117 Khatami: Out of the Loop or Part of the Deception Project? 132 Slow-Playing the West While Developing the Nuclear Project 139 CHAPTER 5 AHMADINEJAD'S PRINCIPALIST DOCTRINE: SOVEREIGN RIGHTS TO A NUCLEAR ARSENAL 156 The Nuclear Project in Ahmadinejad's World View: Nuclear Equality for All 168 The NPT Dilemma in Tehran: To Stay or Exit? 172 Security Council Resolutions: Raising the Cost of the Nuclear Project 186CHAPTER 6 INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS: THE HIGH COST OF PROLIFERATION IN A NEOPATRIMONIAL REGIME 209 Sanctions and More Sanctions: Splitting the Iranian Elites 209 The 2009 Election As A Referendum On Sanctions: Why Did The Supreme Leader Side With Ahmadinejad?

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À propos de l'auteur

Farhad Rezaei is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Middle East Institute (ORMER), Sakarya University, Turkey. He obtained his PhD in International Relations from the Department of International and Strategic Studies at the University of Malaya, Malaysia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 3319829882
• ISBN 13: 9783319829883
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 284
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