CHECKING IRAN’S NUCLEAR AMBITIONSEdited byHenry SokolskiPatrick Clawson January 2004
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CONTENTS
Preface
Patrick Clawson
vIntroduction
Henry Sokolski
ix1.Checking Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions: Report Recommendations
PEC Project on Iran
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.Iran’s “Legal” Paths to the Bomb
Victor Gilinsky
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233.Iran’s Internal Struggles
Geneive Abdo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
94.he Prospects for Regime Change in Iran
. Rob Sobhani
615.inning Iranian Hearts and Minds
Abbas William Samii
816.U.S.-Iranian Strategic Cooperation since 1979
Geoffrey Kemp
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 017.he Challenges of U.S. Preventive Military Action
Michael Eisenstadt
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13About the Authors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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