2012-05-24T14:56:16Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/arms-proliferation-and-control.html http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/2012/spring/iran.html May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012

This <em>RAND Review</em> cover story recommends alternatives to military action that are more likely to dissuade Iran from producing, testing, and deploying nuclear weapons, while also promoting a more democratic and responsible Iranian regime.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP351.html May 2, 2012 May 2, 2012

The partnership between China and Iran presents challenges to U.S. interests, including dissuading Iran from developing a nuclear weapons capability. An analysis of the factors driving Chinese-Iranian cooperation offers policy options for influencing this partnership to meet U.S. objectives.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1103.html Apr 17, 2012 Apr 17, 2012

A new book by the late French scholar Th&eacute;r&egrave;se Delpech provides a critical review and update of nuclear deterrence theory, focusing a critical eye on nuclear issues during the Cold War, examining the lessons of past nuclear crises, and outlining ways in which these lessons apply to major nuclear powers and nuclear pretenders today.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/04/17.html Apr 17, 2012 Apr 17, 2012

A new book by the late French scholar Th&eacute;r&egrave;se Delpech provides a critical review and update of nuclear deterrence theory, focusing a critical eye on nuclear issues during the Cold War, examining the lessons of past nuclear crises, and outlining ways in which these lessons apply to major nuclear powers and nuclear pretenders today.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/01/06/IHT.html Jan 6, 2012 Jan 6, 2012

For all its bluster, the Iranian regime is more vulnerable than at any time in its 32-year history. Internally, Iran is constrained by deep political divisions, civil strife and a woeful economy, write Alireza Nader and James Dobbins.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1143.html Jan 4, 2012 Jan 4, 2012

The United States should engage in activities that increase understanding about how a deterrence relationship between Israel and Iran may evolve, and encourage direct communication between Israelis and Iranians through informal diplomatic channels.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2012/01/05.html Jan 4, 2012 Jan 4, 2012

The United States should engage in activities that increase understanding about how a deterrence relationship between Israel and Iran may evolve, and encourage direct communication between Israelis and Iranians through informal diplomatic channels.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/12/02/PSE.html Dec 2, 2011 Dec 2, 2011

By refusing to face more squarely the probability that Iran will eventually acquire a nuclear weapons capability, the American and Israeli governments actually reduce their ability to dissuade Iran from crossing that threshold, writes James Dobbins.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1154.html Nov 28, 2011 Nov 28, 2011

An attack on Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States or Israel would make it more, not less difficult to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions. The sympathy aroused for Iran would make containment of Iranian influence much more difficult for Israel, for the U.S., and for the Arab regimes currently allied with Washington.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2011/11/28.html Nov 28, 2011 Nov 28, 2011

An attack on Iranian nuclear facilities by the United States or Israel would make it more, not less difficult to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions. The sympathy aroused for Iran would make containment of Iranian influence much more difficult for Israel, for the U.S., and for the Arab regimes currently allied with Washington.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/11/16/USNEWS.html Nov 16, 2011 Nov 16, 2011

Reaction to a strike against Iran among neighboring populations would be almost uniformly hostile. The sympathy thereby aroused for Iran would make containment of Iranian influence much more difficult for Israel, for the U.S., and for the Arab regimes currently allied with Washington, writes James Dobbins.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR981.html Sep 12, 2011 Sep 12, 2011

To effectively confront the threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the United States relies on the will and capacity of international partners for assistance. It requires international cooperation, including security cooperation programs to enhance partner capacity. Assessing the impact of these efforts is inherently difficult. This report demonstrates how one assessment framework can be applied to these programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP290.html Jan 19, 2011 Jan 19, 2011

Adversaries could acquire emerging chemical and biological (CB) agents years before U.S. defense planners recognize those agents, and many more years before the United States establishes a comprehensive defense against them. Gaps in defenses against chemical and biological weapon agents can pose a serious risk to U.S. military operations. This paper summarizes early expert observations about the threat and possible responses.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2010/08/01/EW.html Jul 31, 2010 Jul 31, 2010

As observers laud the new START treaty for bringing back a framework that will make substantial U.S. and Russian nuclear reductions possible, they must recognise that lowering numbers is not the same as stripping nuclear weapons of their values, writes Olga Oliker.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1002.html Jul 25, 2010 Jul 25, 2010

The Afghan government and NATO can improve security in Afghanistan by leveraging traditional policing institutions in rural villages and mobilizing the population against insurgents. However, action needs to happen quickly to take advantage of a growing amount of local resistance against the Taliban across Afghanistan. </p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP296.html Jul 16, 2010 Jul 16, 2010

<p>Deterring terrorism is best approached as part of a broad effort to influence all elements of a terrorist system, and simple, conceptual models of decisionmaking can help in understanding how to affect others' behavior. The paper lays out a theory of how to use influence to affect elements of a terrorist system, touching on root causes, individual motivation, public support, and likely factors in the decisionmaking of terrorist organizations.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG944.html Jun 8, 2010 Jun 8, 2010

<p>The U.S. must determine how best to promote long-term security and stability in the Persian Gulf region while seeking to reduce the risks and costs imposed by its role as a permanent regional power&mdash;particularly vis-&agrave;-vis Iraq's future, the role of Iran, asymmetric threats, regional tensions, and the roles of other external actors.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB589.html May 24, 2010 May 24, 2010

North Korea has denied the United States information about its nuclear weapon program, resulting in a high degree of uncertainty about the number and character of its nuclear weapons, how they might be used, and what impact they might have.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/08/26/FP.html Aug 25, 2009 Aug 25, 2009

<p>In hindsight, KGB analysts and Soviet officials were extraordinarily prescient about the perils of Islamist terrorism and the fallout from the Afghan jihad. But could Russia, for all its faults and foibles, be a more valuable counterterrorism partner today, asks Brian Michael Jenkins.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG781.html May 18, 2009 May 18, 2009

<p>Iran's rise as a regional power presents a key foreign policy and security challenge to the United States, but its reach may be more limited than Western conventional wisdom suggests. U.S. strategy should work to exploit existing barriers to Iran's harmful activities, while simultaneously seeking areas of engagement.</p>