No. 43: Iran Nuclear Crisis

Status and Options

Author(s): Daniel Möckli, Andrin Hauri
Editor(s): Daniel Möckli
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 43
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2008

The crisis surrounding Iran's nuclear program is likely to intensify in the coming months. The dual strategy of diplomacy and sanctions has achieved little so far. Iran refuses to suspend its uranium enrichment activities and may become a nuclear threshold country within the foreseeable future. The options for action are limited. The effectiveness of military strikes is disputed, and there is no legitimacy for use of force at this point. It is creative diplomacy that is required most, and especially so on the part of the incoming US administration.

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