Iran: Time for a Limited, Multilateral Policy

Abstract

Iran's announcement October 21 that it would sign an additional protocol to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT), suspend processing of highly enriched uranium, and cooperate with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections, suggests that Germany, France and the United Kingdom have made important progress toward coaxing Iran to abandon any nuclear ambitions it might have. Because the United States means of influencing Iran are limited, America should scale back its Iran policy goals, and limit them to supporting and strengthening the Europeans multilateral non-proliferation coalition. A more limited U.S. agenda, employing both engagement and focused pressure, will be better able to attract effective multilateral cooperation. A new policy could even be a political asset to the Bush administration in the 2004 general elections.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 23, 2003
Accession Number
ADA441606

Entities

People

  • Christoper Henzel

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Congress
  • Department Of State
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Public Policy
  • Security
  • Treaties
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Strategic Security Studies