Iran and nuclear weapons protracted conflict and proliferation /

This book investigates what is driving Iran's nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted conflicts to explicate proliferation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khan, Saira.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Series:Routledge global security studies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Causes of proliferation
  • Factors utilized to comprehend Iran's nuclear weapons aspiration
  • Theory
  • Proliferation proclivities of protracted conflict states
  • Case study : Iran
  • Iran's nuclear ambition and twin protracted conflicts between 1947 and 1979
  • Iran's nuclear program and triple protracted conflicts from 1979 onwards
  • The ramifications of the asymmetric Iran-US protracted conflict from 1990 to 2000 in Iran's nuclear domain
  • Iran's fast-paced proliferation activity and hostile US policy since 2000.