Iran's Nuclear Program: A Study in Proliferation and Rollback

by Farhad Rezaei

Book Overview

CHAPTER 1 PROLIFERATION, SANCTIONS AND ROLLBACK: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH 1 The Puzzle of Iran's Proliferation: Optimists vs. Pessimists 2 Rolling Back Iran's Nuclear Program? Sanction Advocates vs. Sanction Skeptics 6 Iran as a Non-Unitary Actor: The Negotiated Political Order 9 Methodology and Structure 12CHAPTER 2 THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION AND THE BOMB: QURAN MEETS REALISM 16 The Foreign Policy of the Islamic Republic: The High Cost of Exporting the Revolution 17 The Quranic Way Of War: Is There Room For Nuclear Weapons? 28 Bushehr and Beyond: Building a Case for Nuclear Weapons 33CHAPTER 3 RAFSANJANI'S NUCLEAR TAKEOFF: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE WEAK NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME 46 Hiding in Plain Site: The Legitimate Infrastructure of an Illicit Program 47 Building its Own Scientific Cadre: Iran as a Nuclear Science Beacon to the World? 57 The Pakistani Connection: Making the Dream of a Muslim Bomb a Doable Reality? 61 Shopping in the A. Q. Khan Nuclear Bazaar: the Centrifuge Blueprint Purchase 66 Beyond the "Khan Bazaar" Making Pakistani Proliferation Official? 72 The North Korean Connection: Shopping For Missiles and More 76 Evading the Nonproliferation Regime: Complexity and Dissimulation 84

CHAPTER 4KHATAMI'S DIALOGUE AMONG CIVILIZATIONS AND THE NUCLEAR "DISAPPEARANCE ACT" 100 Khatami's Vision of Foreign Policy: The Meaning of the Dialogue among Civilizations 100 On Khatami's Watch: Speeding Up the Nuclear Project 112 The MEK's Disclosure and its Aftermath: Adjusting Tactics without Changing Strategy 117 Khatami: Out of the Loop or Part of the Deception Project? 132 Slow-Playing the West While Developing the Nuclear Project 139 CHAPTER 5 AHMADINEJAD'S PRINCIPALIST DOCTRINE: SOVEREIGN RIGHTS TO A NUCLEAR ARSENAL 156 The Nuclear Project in Ahmadinejad's World View: Nuclear Equality for All 168 The NPT Dilemma in Tehran: To Stay or Exit? 172 Security Council Resolutions: Raising the Cost of the Nuclear Project 186CHAPTER 6 INTERNATIONAL SANCTIONS: THE HIGH COST OF PROLIFERATION IN A NEOPATRIMONIAL REGIME 209 Sanctions and More Sanctions: Splitting the Iranian Elites 209 The 2009 Election As A Referendum On Sanctions: Why Did The Supreme Leader Side With Ahmadinejad?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319829882
• ISBN13: 9783319829883
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"