Publication

Feb 2011

How much Iranian nuclear capability is too much? The simplest answer is that any amount is unacceptable. By learning how to enrich uranium, Iran has given itself the potential to eventually produce enough weapons-grade material for one or more atomic bombs. That risk can only be removed if all Iranian enrichment programs are eliminated. This belief has long been a mainstay of US rhetoric, if not policy, toward Iran.

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Author Michael A Levi
Series CFR Working Papers
Publisher Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
Copyright © 2011 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)
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