Davis / Pfaltzgraff Jr. Anticipating a Nuclear Iran

Challenges for U.S. Security
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-231-53594-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

The strategic and political implications of an already-nuclear rogue power.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davis, Jacquelyn

Pfaltzgraff Jr., Robert

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Ausrüstung & Waffen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Außenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables and Boxes
Preface
1. Introduction: Setting the Scene for Iran's Emergence as a Nuclear Power
2. The Deterrence Dynamics of an Iran with Nuclear Weapons
3. Considerations Influencing Iran's Nuclear Emergence
4. Nuclear Weapons Operationalization: What Type of Nuclear Force?
5. Implications for U.S. Strategic and Operational Planning
6. U.S. Deterrence Planning in the Event of an Iranian Nuclear Breakout
7. Dealing with a Nuclear Iran and Asymmetric Challenges
8. U.S. Deterrence Planning and Iran
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jacquelyn K. Davis is executive vice president of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc. She is a member of the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel, where she has cochaired several task forces, including one on Iran. She also serves on U.S. Europe Command's Senior Advisory Group.

Robert L. Pfaltzgraff Jr. is president of the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Inc., which he cofounded in 1976, and the Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security Studies at the Fletcher School, Tufts University.