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The Iranian regime is in the middle of a dangerous nuclear poker game with the West. Drawing on her inside knowledge and experience, Th?r?se Delpech provides a hard-hitting analysis of Iran's intentions and its ability to beguile the international community, often with the aid of China and Russia, two countries eager to benefit from Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons.
Delpech is one of the world's leading authorities on international nuclear security, and in this book, she dissects Iran's program in minute detail. Delpech begins with a history of Iran's nuclear project-which was launched with the help of several Western countries-from the 1970s to today. She examines the reasons behind Iran's renewed interest in nuclear power during its war with Iraq, and the national pride, exemplified by Mahmoud Amadinejad's bellicose rhetoric, that prevents the country from bowing to the dictates of the international community. Then she dissects the strategy of the various actors in this new global crisis: Iran, the commonly termed EU 3 (United Kingdom, France, and Germany), the United States, Russia, China, and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Delpech follows with an analysis of the feasibility, practicality, and political viability of such possible solutions as dismantling by force, supervised third party reprocessing, referral to the United Nations' Security Council, and Iranian appeasement. In conclusion, Delpech unravels the tangled regional and international dimensions of the crisis, detailing the enormous impact of Iran's game on the Persian Gulf, Turkey, the political and military movements of Israel, America's presence in Iraq and the wider Middle East, and the future of the much-weakened Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Synopsis
< p=""> The Iranian regime is in the midst of a dangerous nuclear poker game with the West, playing for the highest possible stakes. In this hard-hitting analysis of Tehran's intentions, Thrse Delpech, one of the world's leading authorities on international nuclear security, outlines how Iran has successfully beguiled the international community for years with the aid of China and Russia, two countries eager to benefit commercially from Iran's acquisition of nuclear power. <> < p=""> Drawing on her inside knowledge and experience, Delpech dissects Iran's nuclear program in detail. The first section of her book revisits the history of Iran's nuclear project from the 1970s to today. The second section dissects the strategy of various actors in this new global crisis: Iran, the commonly termed EU 3 (United Kingdom, France, and Germany), the United States, Russia, China, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).<> < p=""> In the concluding section, Deplech analyzes possible solutions in terms of their feasibility, practicality, and political viability. Finally, Delpech unravels the tangled regional and international dimensions of the crisis, detailing the enormous impact Iran's game is having on the political and military movements of Israel and the Middle East as well as on America's presence in Iraq and the future of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.<>