Arguments for a Nuclear Iran?

Author(s): Oliver Thränert
Series: ISN Special Reports
Publisher(s): International Relations and Security Network (ISN), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

Is an Iran with nuclear weapons acceptable or even a potential good? To answer this question, Emily Landau takes Kenneth Waltz´s notorious argument that nuclear weapons may enhance security and applies it to the Middle East. The CSSs Oliver Thränert, however, worries about the virtues of Waltz's approach.

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