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Iran after the bomb : how would a nuclear-armed Tehran behave? /

This report explores how a nuclear-armed Iran would behave, if it would act aggressively, and what this would entail for the United States and its main regional allies, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Israel. The Islamic Republic seeks to undermine what it perceives to be the Americ...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nader, Alireza
Autor Corporativo: Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.
Colección:Research reports
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The Islamic Republic : a revisionist yet restrained power
  • Possible motivations for nuclear weapons
  • Nuclear weapons and internal instability
  • Nuclear Iran and the Persian Gulf
  • Revolutionary animosity and neighborly relations
  • Limited ability to subvert the GCC
  • Iran's military strategy and capabilities in the Persian Gulf
  • Would a nuclear Iran close the Strait of Hormuz?
  • Nuclear Iran and Israel
  • An ideological, but not self-destructive, hatred of Israel
  • Irrationality, command and control, and rogue actions
  • Nuclear Iran and terrorism
  • Iran's motives for supporting terrorism
  • Extended nuclear deterrence
  • Conclusion and findings.