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

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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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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Nader, Alireza
Collectivité auteur: Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.
Collection:Research reports
Sujets:
Nuclear weapons > Iran > Forecasting.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy > Iran > Forecasting.
Armes nucléaires > Iran > Prévision.
Armes nucléaires > Politique gouvernementale > Iran > Prévision.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Nuclear weapons > Forecasting.
Politics and government > Forecasting.
Iran > Foreign relations > Forecasting.
Iran > Politics and government > Forecasting.
Iran > Relations extérieures > Prévision.
Iran > Politique et gouvernement > Prévision.
Iran.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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