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Iran’s Nuclear Program: The Challenge for Transparency

Wed. March 23rd, 2005
Washington, D.C.

2:00 - 3:30 pm

IMGXYZ372IMGZYX The United Nations Association of the United States of America and the Business Council for the United Nations held a discussion on Iran’s Nuclear Program: The Challenge for Transparency. Panelists discussed the challenges posed by Iran's nuclear program including the Iran-EU talks and the possibility that US pressure will bring the issue to the UN Security Council.

Participants: Danielle Pletka, vice president of foreign & defense policy studies at American Enterprise Institute, George Perkovich, vice-president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Shaul Bakhash, professor of Iran/Persian Gulf states at George Mason University.

Nuclear PolicyNuclear EnergyMiddle EastIran
event speakers

George Perkovich

Japan Chair for a World Without Nuclear Weapons, Vice President for Studies

George Perkovich is the Japan chair for a world without nuclear weapons and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, overseeing the Nuclear Policy Program and the Technology and International Affairs Program. He works primarily on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation issues, and security dilemmas among the United States, its allies, and their nuclear-armed adversaries. 

Danielle Pletka

Danielle Pletka is a senior fellow in foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where she focuses on US foreign policy generally and the Middle East specifically.

Shaul Bakhash