Publication

15 Sep 2011

This issue brief aims to analyze the reliability of recent intelligence about Iran. It will describe the program’s diffuse nature and Iran’s likely motivations in continuing nuclear work despite punishing sanctions. The report will discuss whether Iran is really aiming to make a bomb, seeking to develop the capacity to make a weapon at short notice, trying to deter potential attackers, seeking bargaining chips for negotiations, or some combination of the above. Finally, the report will suggest approaches for policymakers that might inhibit the program and convince Iran that it will benefit more by abandoning nuclear weapons ambitions than by fulfilling them.

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Author Barbara Slavin
Series Atlantic Council Reports
Publisher Atlantic Council
Copyright © 2011 Atlantic Council of the United States
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