NUCLEAR IRAN

February 2006

Compiled by Glenda Armstrong
Bibliographer, Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center
Maxwell AFB, AL

Contents

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 Internet Resources

BBC News.  Timeline:  Iran Nuclear Crisis.  September 24, 2005.
Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4134614.stm

Davis, Jimmy D.  Iran's Nuclear Strategy Options and U.S. Foreign Policy Implications.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 18, 2005.
Available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA431713
This work explores Iran's apparent attempt to develop a nuclear weapons option. Iran has acquired considerable nuclear expertise in recent years through overt and covert activities, including civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia and likely connections with elements of Pakistan's nuclear weapons establishment.

Federation of American Scientists.  Iran Special Weapons Guide.  February 3, 2006.
Available online at:  http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/

Flanagan, Stephen J.  Strategic Forum:  Sustaining U.S.-European Global Security Cooperation. 
Washington, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, September 1, 2005.
Available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA441181
"Priority should be given to developing convergent approaches to deal with warnings of imminent WMD terrorism; failure of diplomatic efforts to constrain Iran's nuclear program; security and governance problems in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Palestinian Authority; and China's global rise and military acquisitions.  In fashioning an equitable transatlantic division of labor for the management of global security affairs, America's European partners have many important nonmilitary assets that should be factored into the equation." 

International Atomic Energy Agency.  Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran.  November 15, 2004.
Available online at:  http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iran/iaea1104.pdf

International Crisis Group.  Iran.
Available online at:  http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=2438&l=1
Links to their recent reports and briefings on Iran nuclear impasse.

Litwak, Robert S.  National Defense University Symposium, Prospects for Security in the Middle East, Panel 3 - Proliferation and Arms Control - Regional Reactions.  Washington, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Washington DC Asia Program.  April 20, 2005.
Available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA434741
"Two alternative nonproliferation precedents were set in 2003: in Iraq, a change of regime; in Libya, a change in a regime. In March, U.S. and British military forces invaded Iraq to coercively disarm that country of its presumed weapons of mass destruction (WMD) stockpiles.  The current nuclear crisis with Iran is playing out against the backdrop of these twin precedents.  What are the lessons and implications of these precedent-setting experiences for the development of effective nonproliferation strategies? "

Palmer, Mark.  Policy Toward Iran.  FDCH Congressional Testimony.
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&an=32Y1982655155
Available through EbscoHost, a subscription database. Above link accessible to Air University faculty and students.

Permanent Mission to the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations.  An Unnecessary Crisis - Setting the Record Straight About Iran's Nuclear Program.  November 2005.
Available online at:  http://www.iran-un.org/pressreleases.php?ID=11

Political Risk Yearbook.  Iran Country Forecast.  Iran:  Country Forecast - Comment & Analysis.  January 2004.  
Available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,uid&db=buh&an=12273163
Analyzes the political and economic conditions in Iran as of January 2004.  Tax reinstated on interest and commission from certain accounts; Relations with the International Monetary Fund.
Available through EbscoHost, a subscription database.  Above link accessible to Air University faculty and students.

Shearer, Samuel R.  U.S. and Russian Cooperation Against Nuclear Proliferation.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, September 1, 2004.
Available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA427283
Iran may have a nuclear weapon soon if Washington and Moscow do not unite to slow its efforts.  The collapse of the Soviet Union created new complications in a long tradition of nonproliferation cooperation between the United States and Russia, and Iran is just one example.  The September 11th terrorist attacks put more attention on the nuclear proliferation threat to the international community.  If this threat is to be minimized, Washington and Moscow need to work together to prevent new nuclear powers from emerging.

Western, Charles A.  Abroad, in Search of Monsters to Destroy:  The United States and the Future of Preemption.  Fort Leavenworth, KS, Army Command General Staff College, June 17, 2005.
Available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA437697
"This study examines the conditions that the United States must set to ensure that the international community will recognize the legitimacy of preemptive actions and avoid recrimination and isolation.  Case studies are examined within a framework based on one laid out by the U.S. Secretary of State, Daniel Webster, in the Caroline Case of 1842:  imminence, necessity, proportionality, and legitimacy.  The U.S. case studies consider conventional attack, terrorist attack, and the potential use of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) by either rogue states or terrorists."

Books
  

Albright, David.  Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium, 1996:  World Inventories, Capabilities, and Policies.  New York, Oxford University Press, 1997.  502 p.
Book call no.:  338.4762148 A342p

Badiozamani, Badi and Badiozamani, Ghazal.  Iran and America:  Re-Kindling a Love Lost.  (California?), East-West Understanding Press, 2005.  316 p.
Book call no.:  327.73055 B136i

Checking Iran's Nuclear Ambitions, edited by Henry D. Sokolski and Patrick Clawson.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2004.  132 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA420154
Book call no.:  327.17470955 C514

Chubin, Shahram.  Whither Iran?  Reform, Domestic Politics and National Security.  New York, Oxford University Press for the International Institute of Strategic Studies, 2002.  140 p.
Book call no.:  909.82 I61a no. 342

Cordesman, Anthony H.  Iran's Military Forces in Transition:  Conventional Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction.  Westport, CT, Praeger, 1999.  432 p.
Book call no.:  355.5.033555 C794i

Corsi, Jerome R.  Atomic Iran:  How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and American Politicians.   Nashville, TN, WND Books, 2005.  300 p.
Introduction by Craig R. Smith.
Book call no.:  355.02170955 C826a

Cottrell, Alvin J.  Iran's Quest for Security:  U.S. Army Transfers and the Nuclear Option.  Cambridge, MA, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, 1977.  59 p.
Book call no.:  355.0955 C851i

Crises in the Contemporary Persian Gulf, edited by Barry Rubin.  Portland, OR, Frank Cass, 2002.  324 p.
Book call no.:  327.09536 C932

Drell, Sidney D. and Goodby, James E.  The Gravest Danger:  Nuclear Weapons, foreword by George P. Shultz. Stanford, CA, Hoover Institution Press, 2003.  134 p.
Book call no.:  327.1747 D772g

Ganji, Babak.  Main Currents in Iranian Strategy Since 9/11.  Camberley, England, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Conflict Studies Research Centre, 2005.  28 p.
Book call no.:  327.55 G197m

Getting Ready for a Nuclear-Ready Iran, edited by Henry D. Sokolski and Patrick Clawson.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College.  2005.  314 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA439744
Book call no.:  355.02170955 G394

Gertz, Bill. Treachery:  How America's Friends and Foes Are Secretly Arming Our Enemies.  New York, Crown Forum, 2004.  280 p.
Book call no.:  355.033073 G384t

Great Decisions 2006.  New York, Foreign Policy Association, 2006.  107 p.
See Chapter 2 "Dealing with Iran" by Lawrence G. Potter, pp 23-32.
Book call no.:  R 327.73 G786 2006

Iran's Nuclear Weapons Options Issues and Analysis, edited by Geoffrey Kemp.  Washington, The Nixon Center, 2001. 1 vol.
Book call no.:  327.17470955 L239i

Kemp, Geoffrey and Stahl, Shelley A.  The Control of the Middle East Arms Race. Washington, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,  1991.  232 p.
Book call no.:  327.1740956 K32c

Krosney, Herbert.  Deadly Business:  Legal Deals and Outlaw Weapons:  The Arming of Iran and Iraq, 1975 to the Present.  New York, Four Walls Eight Windows, 1993.  307 p.
Book call no.:  355.03255 K93d

Marschall, Christin.  Iran's Persian Gulf Policy:  From Khomeini to Khatami.  New York, RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.  276 p.
Book call No.:  327.55 M363i

Nuclear Power and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons:  Can We Have One Without the Other?, edited by Paul L. Levanthal.  Washington, Brassey's, 2002.  340 p.
Book call no.:  327.1747 N9644

Nuclear Weapons After the Comprehensive Test Ban:  Implications for Modernization and Proliferation, edited by Eric H. Arnett.  New York, Oxford University Press, 1996.  150 p.
Book call no.:  327.174 N96451

Iran:  Political Issues, Nuclear Capabilities, and Missile Range, edited by Milton M. Schwartz.  New York, Nova Science Publishers, 2006.  107 p.
Book call no.:  355.02170955 I65

Schake, Kori N. and Yaphe, Judith Share.  The Strategic Implications of a Nuclear-Armed Iran.  Washington, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University, 2001.  79 p.
Also available online at: http://www.ndu.edu/inss/McNair/mcnair64/mcnair64.pdf
Book call no.: 327.17470955 S296s

Timmerman, Kenneth R.  Countdown to Crisis:  The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran.  New York, Crown Forum, 2005.  392 p.
Book call no.: 355.02170955 T584c

United States.  Congress. Senate.  Committee on Foreign Relations.  Iran:  Security Threats and U.S. Policy.  Hearing.  108th Congress, 1st session, October 28, 2003.  Washington, GPO, 2004.  81 p.
Also available online at: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS48992
Book call no.: 327.73055 U581 ia

Venter, Al J.  Iran's Nuclear Option:  Tehran's Quest for the Atom Bomb.  Philadelphia, PA, Casemate, 2005. 451 p.
Book call no.:  355.02170955 V465i

Documents

Some of the documents cited in this section are student papers written to fulfill PME school requirements.

Alshatti, Abdulmohsen A.  Preventing Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East:  Is a "Nuclear Free Zone" Possible?  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 1, 2004.
Examines the recent information relating to nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and advocates the establishment of a Nuclear Free Zone for the broader Middle East region.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA424223
Doc. call no.:  M-U 39080-537 A4614p

Deyermond, John J.  Iran's Growing Nuclear Weapons Program:  A Catalyst for Regional Instability in the Middle East.  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 10,1993.  51 p.
Doc. call no.:  M-U 39080-83 D528i

Dillingham, Larry D.  Iranian Arms Acquisition and the Politics of Cooperative Regionalism.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, 1977.  84 p.
Doc. call no.:  M-U 43117 D578i

Gallagher, Daniel J.  Should the U.S. Policy Towards Iran Change?  Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2005.  18 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA432532
Doc. call no.:  M-U 39080-537 G1621s

King, David M.  What Should Be United States Policy for Iran?  Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, March 19, 2004.
"A new approach to containment appears to be the best option. During the Cold War containment of the Soviet Union was based on the belief that the Soviet Union if unable to expand would collapse from its own internal contradictions. Iran too is beset by internal contradictions inherent to the mixing of politics and religion. The United States may encourage collapse of Islamic government in Iran if it can establish a stable democratic government in Iraq that is founded on Islamic principles but not controlled by Islamic clergy."
Available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA423706
Doc. call no.:  M-U  39080-537 K521w

Mayer, Charles C.  National Security to Nationalist Myth:  Why Iran Wants Nuclear Weapons.  Monterey, CA, Naval Postgraduate School, 2004.  91 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA427282
Doc. call no.:  M-U 42525 M4683n

McDonald, Patrick J.  The Iranian Military Build-Up.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 1974.  74 p.
Doc. call no.:  M-U 35582-7 M13591i

Pearson, John H.  Can the World Stand a Nuclear Iran?  Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2005.  22 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA432651
Doc. call no.:  M-U 39080-537 P3611c

Perry, Richard M.  Rogue or Rational State?  A Nuclear Armed Iran and U.S. Counter Proliferation Strategy?  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 1997.  34 leaves.
Doc. call no.:  M-U 43122 P4641r

Squassoni, Sharon.  Iran's Nuclear Program:  Recent Developments.  Washington, CRS Report for Congress, August 15, 2003.
Doc. call no.:  M-U 52953-1 no.SER-RS21592

Strain, Frederick R.  Discerning Iran's Nuclear Strategy:  An Examination of Motivations, Strategic Culture, and Rationality.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, April 15, 1996.  44 leaves.
Doc. call no.:  M-U 43117 S896d

Ziemke, Caroline F.  Strategic Personality and the Effectiveness of Nuclear Deterrence:  Deterring Iraq and Iran.  Alexandria, VA, Institute for Defense Analyses, 2001.  138 p.
Also available online at:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA401920
Doc. call no.:  M-U 40381-11 no. 3658

Periodicals

Aryan, Hossein.  Missile Development and Iranian Security.  Jane's Intelligence Review 13:38-39 September 2001.

Banks, Rony and Bruce, James.  Iran Builds Its Strength.  Jane's Defence Weekly 17:158-159 February 1, 1992.

Beres, Louis R.  Israel, Iran, and Prospects for Nuclear War in the Middle East.  Strategic Review 21:52-60 Spring 1993.

Blanche, Ed.  Battleground Iran.  Middle East No.355:14-16 April 2005.
Discusses why Iran has rejected the US-European initiative of economic incentives to encourage coming clean about its nuclear program.  Tehran insists it wants nuclear technology solely for civilian power generation.
Also available online at:  http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=858575671&sid=3&Fmt=3&clientid=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD

Blanche, Ed.  Country Briefing:  Iran.  Jane's Defence Weekly 28:19-23 October 15, 1997.

Blanche, Ed.  Iranian, Russian Links Ring US Alarm Bells.  Jane's Defence Weekly 35:21 January 24, 2001.

Bodansky, Yossef.  Iran Acquires Nuclear Weapons and Moves to Provide Cover to Syria.  Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy 20:special section 1-4 February 1992.

Bodansky, Yossef.  Radical States and Nuclear Proliferation:  Racing to the Finish.  Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy 19:10-13 Winter 1991-1992.

Boureston, Jack and Ferguson, Charles D.  Assessing Iran's Plutonium Reprocessing Capabilities.  Jane's Intelligence Review 16:40-43 March 2004.
Discusses spent nuclear fuel reprocessing approaches that Iran could follow if it were to produce plutonium. Details of Article IV of the Nonproliferation Treaty; Reason the Tehran Nuclear Research Center was established at the University of Tehran in 1968; Information on the memorandum of understanding signed between France and Iran.

Boureston, Jack and Mahaffey, Charles.  Iran Pursues Plans for Heavy Water Reactor.  Jane's Intelligence Review 15:40-41 December 2003.

Bowen, Wyn Q. and Kidd, Joanna.  The Iranian Nuclear Challenge.  International Affairs 80:257-276 March 2004.

Broad, William J. and Sanger, David E.  U.N. Inspectors Report Evidence That Iran Itself Made Fuel That Could Be Used for A-Bombs.  New York Times, pA11 February 25, 2004.
Reports on the evidence found by the International Atomic Energy Agency of the indigenous production of a concentrated fuel that, if pure enough, can be used to make nuclear weapons. Iran's disavowal of the evidence; Agency's finding of Iranian experimental work to make sophisticated centrifuges.

Chubin, Shahram.  Does Iran Want Nuclear Weapons?  Survival 37:86-104 Spring 1995.

Chubin, Shahram and Litwak, Robert S.  Debating Iran's Nuclear Aspirations.  The Washington Quarterly 26:99-114 Autumn 2003.

Copley, Gregory and Bodansky, Yossef.  Iran's Clerics Prepare for War.  Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy 31:9-10 2003.

Christison, Bill and Christison, Kathleen.  Let's Stop a U.S./Israeli War on Iran.  Washington Report on Middle East Affairs 25:11-13 March 2006.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19548913

Crawford, David.  Iran Keeps Door Open to Talks, Oversight of Its Nuclear Program.  Wall Street Journal, pA4 February 6, 2006.

Crockett, Benjamin D.  Iran:  A Contender for Mideast Hegemony.  Military Intelligence 19:15-19 October-December 1993.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&an=9708292259
Focuses on the military readiness of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI).  Access of Iran to Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) nuclear weapons, technology, and scientists; Effort of the United States to prevent Iran from buying conventional weapons; Impact of Iran's poor economy to IRI; Threat of Iran to Western security.

Dehghanpisheh, Babek and others.  Devoted and Defiant.  Newsweek 147:26-33 February 13, 2006.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19622065
This article reports on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his upbringing, his political career and what he represents to his country, the Middle East, the United States and the world in general. There is discussion of Iran's nuclear capabilities, their dangers and means of curtailing them. Ahmadinejad is suspected of being one of the hostage takers responsible for the take-over of the U.S. Embassy in Teheran in 1979, though there is evidence to the contrary. His personal piety, his grass roots popularity and his revolutionary fervor are discussed.

Deutch, John and others.  Making the World Safe for Nuclear Energy.  Survival 46:65-79 Winter 2004-2005.
Just as nuclear energy seems poised for a global comeback, nuclear weapon threats grow in Iran and North Korea. The security risk from expanding nuclear energy programs could potentially be contained by the commercial provision of nuclear-fuel services.

Dickey, Christopher and others.  Iran's Rogue Rage.  Newsweek 147:26-31 January 23, 2006.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19419267

Donovan, Michael.  Iran Nuclear Program:  To Suspend or Not to Suspend.  Defense Monitor 34:5-7 May-June 2005.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&an=17727615
Deliberates whether to suspend or not to suspend the nuclear program of Iran.  Duration of the suspension of the nuclear program; Negotiations between Iran and other countries for the continuation of the program; Terms and conditions of the negotiations.

Donovan, Michael.  What to Do about Iran.  Defense Monitor 34:1-7 March-April 2005.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&an=17086637
Focuses on the intervention of the U.S. and other countries in ceasing nuclear weapons and nuclear programs in Iran. Strategies made by the U.S. government in disarming Iran from nuclear weapons; Policies that governed the European Countries during the negotiation with Tehran; Objectives of other countries for ceasing the nuclear weapons in Iran.

Dreyfuss, Robert and Rozen, Laura.  Still Dreaming of Tehran.  Nation 278:16-18 April 12, 2004.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,uid&db=aph&an=12649515
The Bush Administration's hawks are pressing ahead to advance their regional strategy, one that calls for regime change in Iran, then Syria and Saudi Arabia.

Einhorn, Ropbert J.  A Transatlantic Strategy on Iran's Nuclear Program.  Washington Quarterly 27:21-33 Autumn 2004.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=14310012
Discusses how the United States and the European Union can stop Iran's nuclear program.  Inadequacy of putting Iran's capability under the International Atomic Energy Agency's verification; Need to radically alter Iran's calculation of benefit and risk; Security motivation for Iran's weapons of mass destruction programs.

Einhorn, Robert J. and Samore, Gary.  Ending Russian Assistance to Iran's Nuclear Bomb.  Survival 44:51-70 Summer 2002.
Explores the implications of Russian assistance to the acquisition of nuclear-armed ballistic missiles in Iran. Opposition of the U.S. and Russia to the acquisition; Doubts in the U.S. to the intentions of Russia; Imposition of limits and restrictions to nuclear activities in Iran.

Eisenstadt, Michael.  Living with a Nuclear Iran?  Survival 41:124-148 Autumn 1999.
Focuses on the nuclear weapons program of Iran.  Ramifications of Iran as a nuclear and regional power; Impact to the regional balance of power; Challenge of managing the consequences of nuclear Iran.

Ekovich, Steven.  Iran and New Threats in the Persian Gulf and Middle East.  Orbis:  A Journal of World Affairs 48:71-87 Winter 2004.

Elbaradei, Mohamed.  Iran:  Not Yet a Pattern of Transparency.  NPQ:  New Perspectives Quarterly 22:64 Spring 2005.
The article reports that according to Mohamed El Baradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, there is a diplomatic process going on between Iran and the European Union in which the Iranians have pledged to suspend any reprocessing or enrichment activity, although they still insist enrichment is their right for peaceful purposes under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Iran has accepted inspections. El Baradei said that rather than talk about military strikes, the U.S. should put its full weight behind this process. It can't succeed without the Americans.

Falk, Richard.  Storm Clouds over Iran.  Nation 282:4-5 February 13, 2006.

Fathi, Nazila.  Iran Still Backs Nuclear Pact, Ministry Says.  New York Times, p6, February 13, 2006.
Also available online at:   http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=985823641&sid=1&Fmt=3&clientId=417&RQT=309&VName=PQD
"A day after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned that Iran might withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty if international pressure increased, the Foreign Ministry said that Iran was still committed to the treaty.  Responding to Ahmadinejad's threat to withdraw from the treaty, Secretary of State Rice said that Iran needed to recognize that it was isolated on the issue and get back into negotiations with those who are are prepared to offer them a course for civil nuclear power."

Ferguson, Charles D. and Boureston, Jack.  IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Puts Iranian Laser-Enrichment Technology in the Spotlight.  Jane's Intelligence Review 16:38-41 July 2004.

Gertz, Bill.  Iran's Regional Powerhouse.  Air Force Magazine 79:52-55 June 1996.

Grier, Peter.  Why Iran's Enrichment Rattles the West:  Once It Masters the Difficult Technique, a Nuclear Bomb Is Not Far Away.  Christian Science Monitor, p1 February 15, 2006.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19731610

Hart, Jennifer.  Iran as a "Good Neighbor."   Defense & Diplomacy 9:27-29 August-September 1991.

Howard, Roger.  Meeting the Iranian Nuclear Challenge.  RUSI Journal 149:66-70 October 2004.

Howard, Roger.  Why Israel Fears an Iranian Bomb.  RUSI Journal 150:65-69 February 2005.

Hughes, John.  Latin America's Leftist Regimes Get Cozy with Iran:  Cuba, Venezuela, and Bolivia Want Stronger Ties with Iran, but All Face Internal Hurdles.  Christian Science Monitor, p9 February 15, 2006.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&an=19731631

Iran.  Military Technology - World Defence Almanac 29:225-227 2004-2005.
Iran still claims that its nuclear program is exclusively for peaceful uses, yet they refuse to fold down its nuclear fuel enrichment program despite pressure by the U.S. and the EU.

Iran.  Military Technology - World Defence Almanac 28:215-217 2003-2004.
"Iran claims that its nuclear program is exclusively intended for peaceful uses, and has agreed to it being placed under reinforced IAEA controls including the right to perform intrusive  inspections."  Their strategic weapons inventory is assumed to include a 5,000km-plus missile.

Kahwaji, Riad.  Nuclear Iran Unsettles Friends, Foes.  Defense News 19:1+ January 12, 2004.

Knights, Michael.  U.S. Long-Range Planners Focus on Containment of a Nuclear Iran.  Jane's Intelligence Review 17:6-11 September 2005.
Focuses on the efforts of U.S. long-range planners to assess and contain the long-term consequences of a nuclear Iran. Indications of Iran's commitment to the development of uranium enrichment technology.

Knights, Michael.  Iran's Conventional Forces Remain Key to Deterring Potential Threats.  Jane's Intelligence Review 18:6-13 February 2006.
"With attention focused on Iran's potential to develop a nuclear arsenal, the Islamic Republic's conventional armed forces are a key bulwark against external military threats."

Koch, Andrew.  Briefing:  The Nuclear Network (Secret Nuclear Deals of Pakistan's Abdul Khan).  Jane's Defence Weekly 41:22-27 March 3, 2004.

Landler, Mark and Weisman, Steven R.  U.N. Says It Hasn't Found Much New about Nuclear Iran.  New York Times, pA3 September 3, 2005.
Reports on the failure of United Nation officials to acquire new information about the nuclear proliferation in Iran.

McDowall, Angus.  Nuclear Concessions.  Middle East International 706:18-19 August 8, 2003.
Concessions look set to be made on the nuclear issue. The conservatives begin to look forward to elections next year.

McDowall, Angus.  Nuclear Difficulties.  Middle East International 721:21-22 March 19, 2004.

Milhollin, Gary and Lincy, Valerie.  Iran's Nuclear Card.  Commentary 117:33-37 February 2004.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,uid&db=aph&an=12111208
Assesses the possibilities for the nuclear weapons program of Iran as of February 2004. Violation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty by Iran; Efforts of Iran to keep its violations of the treaty from being discovered; Results of inspections conducted by international inspectors; Comments on the reaction of the U.S. and the international community to the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Iran.

Mokhtari, Fariborz.  No One Will Scratch My Back:  Iranian Security Perceptions in Historical Context.  Middle East Journal 59:209-229 Spring 2005.

Muir, Jim.  Nuclear Clarity.  Middle East International 712:16-18 November 7, 2003.

Muir, Jim.  Nuclear Crunch.  Middle East International 20-21 September 26, 2003.
Tehran has until the end of October to decide how to respond to the IAEA. It seems to be stuck in a Catch 22 situation.

Nadler, Eric.  Who's Next?  Nation 258:382-384 March 21, 1994.
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The article focuses on the book "Critical Mass: The Dangerous Race for Superweapons in a Fragmenting World," by William E. Burrows and Robert Windrem. This book argues that while the end of the cold war lessened chances of a global nuclear war, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the expertise to build them have accelerated dangerously.

NBC (Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Weapons) Race Marks Iraq-Iran-Libya Threat:  From the DOD Report "Proliferation: Threat and Response," Released April 1996.  Defense 3:33-42 1996.

Newhouse, John.  Thinking about Iran:  Excerpt from the Washington Post, Jan 1, 2004.  Defense Monitor 33:3-4 January-February 2004.
Also available online at:  http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&an=12649291
Comments on issues concerning Iran's plan to develop and deploy nuclear weapons. Factors determining Iran's nuclear policy; Effort undertaken by the country to comply with nuclear weapons no-proliferation protocol; Security concerns in Iraq and the Middle East involving Iran; Suggestions for dealing with Iran.

Nuclear Age II:  Iran, North Korea Test Deployments of National Command Authority Systems, New Nuclear Systems.  Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy 32:4-5 2004.

Oppenheimer, Andy.  CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear) Weapons:  The Growing Threat.  NATO's Nations and Partners for Peace 48:14-16+ 2003.
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Assesses the threat posed by the proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear weapons to international security. Countries named by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency with active weapons of mass destruction; State of the nuclear weapons program of North Korea; Call for the revision of nuclear weapons inspection rules.

Orlov, Vladimir A. and Vinnikov, Alexander.  The Great Guessing Game:  Russia and the Iranian Nuclear Issue.  Washington Quarterly 28:49-67 Spring 2005.
Analyzes Russia's policy toward and contributions to Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Parsi, Trita.  Is Nuclear Parity with Iran a Blessing in Disguise for Israel?  Jane's Intelligence Review 18:34-37 January 2006.

Rizvi, Ali Abbas.  Iranian Armed Forces.  Asian Defence Journal 9:32-34 September 1994.
Article looks at the process of rearming the Iranian Armed Forces and their future role and commitment.  Taking into account the overall perspective, the author also tries to determine if Iran is building a nuclear device.

Romano, Andrew.  Under Nuclear Suspicion.  Newsweek 147:30-31 February 13, 2006.
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A chart analyzing the science and history behind Iran's nuclear ambitions is presented. The author reviews how the International Atomic Energy Agency recently reported Iran to the U.N. Security Council as a result of concern that its nuclear ambitions are tied in with its desire to obtain nuclear weapons. Details related to investigation of Iran's civilian nuclear fuel-production program are reviewed. Iran's fleet of ballistic missiles is analyzed.

Roos, John G.  Group (People's Mujahedeen of Iran) Unveils Iran's Nuke Weapon Plan, Plots "Equal Opportunity" Overthrow.  Armed Forces Journal International 129:26+ March 1992.

Roshandel, Jalil.  Is Iran the Next Nuclear State?  RUSI Journal 147:52-59 October 2002.

Russell, Richard L.  Iran in Iraq's Shadow:  Dealing with Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid.  Parameters 34:31-45 Autumn 2004.
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Looks into the commonalities and variations between Iraq and Iran as well as the strengths and weaknesses of American policy options for dealing with the growing security challenge posed by Tehran's quest for nuclear weapons.

Sadr, Ehsaneh I.  The Impact of Iran's Nuclearization on Israel.  Middle East Policy 12:58-72 Summer 2005.
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Samii, Abbas William.  The Iranian Nuclear Issue and Informal Networks.  Naval War College Review 59:63-89 Winter 2006.
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Segal, David.  Iran Speeds Up Nuclear Bomb Development.  Journal of Defense & Diplomacy 6:52-53+ June 1988.

Sokolski, Henry.  Defusing Iran's Bomb.  Policy Review No.131:51-64 June-July 2005.
Provides an overview of Iran's nuclear capabilities and offers recommendations for handling the potential problems.
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Starr, Barbara.  Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction.  Jane's Defence Weekly 28:39-41+ November 12, 1997.

Takeyh, Ray.  Iran Builds the Bomb.  Survival 46:51-63 Winter 2004-2005.
The Islamic Republic is immersed in an intense debate regarding the direction of its nuclear programme. What Iran will do is likely to depend on the type of relationship it has with the United States, the emerging security architecture in the Persian Gulf and the evolving nature of its domestic politics.

Takeyh, Ray and Gvosdev, Nikolas K.  Pragmatism in the Midst of Iranian Turmoil.  Washington Quarterly 27:33-57 Autumn 2004.
Asserts that the rise of pragmatic Iranian conservatives offers the possibility of genuine dialogue between Iran and the United States. End to Iran's evolution toward a genuinely liberal democracy; Recognition that state-sponsored terrorism is untenable; Need to defuse nuclear tensions.

Tanner, Stephen.  Iran's Nuclear Option:  Review Essay.  Soldier of Fortune 30:52-54 May 2005.

Venter, Al J.  Iran's Nuclear Ambition:  Innocuous Illusion or Ominous Truth?  Jane's International Defense Review 30:29-31 September 1997.

Venter, Al J.  Iran Slams the Nuclear Door.  Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst 11-12 October 2003.

Weinberger, Caspar.  Where's John Bolton When We Most Need Him?  Forbes 176:37 July 4, 2005.
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This article comments on Iran's agreements to abandon its nuclear enrichment programs. There were many doubters--politely called Euroskeptics--when it was announced at the end of last year that France, Germany and Great Britain had reached yet another agreement with Iran for it to give up its attempts at enriching uranium.  What seems to have been forgotten is the fact that Iran violated the treaty. With great fanfare on May 25 the three EU members finally announced they had secured Iran's further agreement to extend the existing moratorium, theoretically binding Iran to cease enriching its uranium supply.

Zaborski, Jason.  Deterring A Nuclear Iran.  Washington Quarterly 28:153-168 Summer 2005.
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This article reports that even as the United States continues to wage the global campaign against terrorism and prevent states from seeking to develop and acquire nuclear weapons, the extent of recent proliferation is becoming painfully apparent. Revelations of Libya's nuclear ambitions, the illicit activities of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Al Queda network, North Korea's recently declared nuclear capability, and Iran's quest for nuclear weapons all point to a sobering conclusion--in future crises with potential adversaries, U.S. policymakers and military planners must be prepared to confront nuclear-armed rogue states.

Zakaria, Fareed.  Don't Make Hollow Threats.  Newsweek 146:34 August 22, 2005.
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Offers a look at U.S. President George W. Bush's response to Iran's nuclear ambitions. Threats made by Bush to intimidate Iran into halting nuclear proliferation; Statement that airs strikes against Iran would have minimal military effect and would strengthen local support for the nuclear program.
 

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