Format:
1 online resource (153 pages)
ISBN:
9780833053084
Content:
As Iran's nuclear program evolves, U.S. decisionmakers will confront a series of critical policy choices involving complex considerations and policy trade-offs. These policy choices could involve dissuading Iran from developing nuclear weapons; deterring Iran from using its nuclear weapons, if it were to acquire them; and reassuring U.S. regional partners. The U.S. Air Force will need to prepare to carry out whatever policies are chosen.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One Introduction -- Study Objectives and Scope -- Analysis Framework for the New Strategic Environment -- Step 1: Conduct Regional Analyses -- Step 2: Define Ways to Achieve U.S. Goals for Nuclear Dissuasion,Deterrence, and Reassurance -- Step 3: Define and Assess Critical U.S. Policy Choices -- Step 4: Describe U.S. Air Force Contributions -- How Our Analytical Approach Differs from Others -- Organization of This Monograph -- Chapter Two Influencing Iran -- Iran's National Security Interests -- Ensuring Regime Survival -- Protecting the Homeland Against All External Threats -- Expanding Regional Influence -- Can Iran Be Expected to Act Rationally? -- Iran's Nuclear Program: Prospects and Uncertainties -- Internal Debate on the Future of Iran's Nuclear Program -- Chapter Three Dissuading Iran from Nuclear Weaponization -- Iranian Actions That the United States Wishes to Dissuade -- Current U.S. Policies Toward Iran's Nuclear Program -- Critical U.S. Policy Choices -- Raise Costs -- Provide Incentives -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four Deterring a Nuclear-Armed Iran -- Iran's Military Behavior and Planning -- Historical Military Behavior -- Military Doctrine -- Conventional Capabilities -- Military Exercises -- Paths to Conflict -- Conflict in Response to International Pressures and Actions Perceived as Acts of War -- Conflict in Response to a U.S. or Israeli Attack Against Iran'sNuclear Facilities -- Conflict to Expand Regional Influence or Consolidate Domestic Power -- Iran's Potential Use of Nuclear Weapons -- Current U.S. Policies and Capabilities -- Policy Choices for Deterring Iran's Use of Nuclear Weapons Against U.S. Military Forces -- Deter by Managing Conflict Escalation.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780833051752
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780833051752
Language:
English
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