Anticipating a Nuclear Iran: Challenges for U.S. Security

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Jacquelyn Davis (Pls note: Prof. Pfaltzgraff is primary contact) Robert Pfaltzgraff Jr. (Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis)

Anticipating a Nuclear Iran

Challenges for U.S. Security

Jacquelyn Davis (Pls note: Prof. Pfaltzgraff is primary contact), Robert Pfaltzgraff Jr. (Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis)

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Columbia University Press
17 December 2013

Arms negotiation & control

This volume is based on the assumption that Iran will soon obtain nuclear weapons, and Jacquelyn K. Davis and Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr. develop alternative models for assessing the challenges of a nuclear Iran for U.S. security. Through three scenario models, the book explores the political, strategic, and operational challenges facing the United States in a post–Cold War world. The authors concentrate on the type of nuclear capability Iran might develop; the conditions under which Iran might resort to threatened or actual weapons use; the extent to which Iran's military strategy and declaratory policy might embolden Iran and its proxies to pursue more aggressive policies in the region and vis-à-vis the United States; and Iran's ability to transfer nuclear materials to others within and outside the region, possibly sparking a nuclear cascade. Drawing on recent post–Cold War deterrence theory, the authors consider Iran's nuclear ambitions as they relate to its foreign policy objectives, domestic politics, and role in the Islamic world, and they suggest specific approaches to improve U.S. defense and deterrence planning.

By: Jacquelyn Davis (Pls note: Prof. Pfaltzgraff is primary contact), Robert Pfaltzgraff Jr. (Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis)
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 468g
ISBN: 9780231166225
ISBN 10: 0231166222
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 17 December 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jacquelyn K. Davis is executive vice president of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc. She is a member of the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel, where she has cochaired several task forces, including one on Iran. She also serves on U.S. Europe Command's Senior Advisory Group. Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr. is president of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc., which he cofounded in 1976, and the Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.

Reviews for Anticipating a Nuclear Iran: Challenges for U.S. Security

Davis and Pfaltzgraff have chosen to tackle a subject that few others have: that Iran might actually succeed in its quest to get the bomb, and how it might behave as a result. Their assessment is likely to prove invaluable to U.S. policymakers who are forced, by necessity, to think about the day after Iran goes nuclear, and what that might mean for U.S. policy. -- Ilan Berman, Vice President, American Foreign Policy Council