Iran and the Nuclear Deal

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In The Media

Iran and the Nuclear Deal

By George Perkovich

Published on Aug 23, 2006

Source: The Diane Rehm Show

Iran says it is open to nuclear negotiations, but unwilling to abandon uranium enrichment. As the Aug. 31 deadline to do so approaches, Carnegie’s George Perkovich joins a discussion on The Diane Rehm Show to look at how Iran, the U.S., and the international community are likely to act next.

Click through for audio of the discussion.

About the Author

George Perkovich

Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Senior Fellow

George Perkovich is the Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons and a senior fellow in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Nuclear Policy Program. He works primarily on nuclear deterrence, nonproliferation, and disarmament issues, and is leading a study on nuclear signaling in the 21^st century.

Recent Work

Paper
How to Assess Nuclear ‘Threats’ in the Twenty-First Century
- George Perkovich
Commentary
“A House of Dynamite” Shows Why No Leader Should Have a Nuclear Trigger
- George Perkovich

Nuclear Policy Nuclear Energy North America United States Middle East Iran

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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