Nuclear Iran, August, 24, 2006

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In The Media

Nuclear Iran, August, 24, 2006

By David Rothkopf

Published on Aug 24, 2006

Source: On Point

Carnegie Senior Associate David Rothkopf joins Michael Hirsh, senior editor of Newsweek, Jim Walsh, research associate at MIT's Security Studies program, and Robert Litwak, director of international security studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center, to discuss the implications of a nuclear Iran in a recent On Point broadcast.

Click through for audio of this discussion.

About the Author

David Rothkopf

Former Visiting Scholar

David Rothkopf was a visiting scholar at the Carnegie Endowment as well as the former CEO and editor in chief of the FP Group.

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