Iran and the Bomb: The Abdication of International Responsibility

The Iranian regime is in the middle of a dangerous nuclear poker game with theWest. Drawing on her inside knowledge and experience Thrse Delpech providesa hardh... » 

The Iranian regime is in the middle of a dangerous nuclear poker game with theWest. Drawing on her inside knowledge and experience Thrse Delpech providesa hardhitting analysis of Irans intentions and its ability to beguile theinternational community often with the aid of China and Russia two countrieseager to benefit from Irans acquisition of nuclear weapons.Delpech is one of the worlds leading authorities on international nuclearsecurity and in this book she dissects Irans program in minute detail.Delpech begins with a history of Irans nuclear projectwhich was launched withthe help of several Western countriesfrom the 1970s to today. She examines thereasons behind Irans renewed interest in nuclear power during its war withIraq and the national pride exemplified by Mahmoud Amadinejads bellicoserhetoric that prevents the country from bowing to the dictates of theinternational community. Then she dissects the strategy of the various actorsin this new global crisis Iran the commonly termed EU 3 United KingdomFrance and Germany the United States Russia China and the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency.Delpech follows with an analysis of the feasibility practicality andpolitical viability of such possible solutions as dismantling by forcesupervised third party reprocessing referral to the United Nations SecurityCouncil and Iranian appeasement. In conclusion Delpech unravels the tangledregional and international dimensions of the crisis detailing the enormousimpact of Irans game on the Persian Gulf Turkey the political and militarymovements of Israel Americas presence in Iraq and the wider Middle East andthe future of the muchweakened Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty. «