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The Iranian Nuclear Threat

IN THIS ISSUE: The Iranian nuclear threat, Iran stockpiling nuclear fuel after IAEA check, N. Korea pushing ahead with new nuclear reactor, Ghauri test-fired in Pakistan, China's 2015 nuclear power capacity to account for 10% of world's total, France's love affair with nuclear energy cools.

Published on November 29, 2012
 

The Iranian Nuclear Threat

George Perkovich and Karim Sadjadpour | Global Ten

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Few foreign policy challenges will figure more prominently in Barack Obama's second term than checking Iran's nuclear ambitions while avoiding another military conflagration in the Middle East.

U.S. officials believe that Tehran has yet to decide whether to produce nuclear weapons, but President Obama made clear in his first term that if faced with the binary choice of either bombing Iran or allowing Tehran to get a bomb he would choose the former.

Given the potentially enormous ramifications of a military attack on Iran—on the global economy, regional stability, international law, America's standing in the world, and the well-being of thousands of Iranians—every effort should be pursued to avoid this outcome.  Full Article



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