Strangling Iran's Nuclear Agenda: A Targeted Strategic Communication Plan
Abstract
After the 2002 surprise revelation of Iran's underground uranium enrichment and nuclear enterprise, the United Nations and other organizations have fought to uncover the extent of the regime's progress towards a complete fuel cycle. Minor diplomatic successes in 2003 abated Iran's program for a few years until Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reinvigorated his nation's drive towards self-sustaining nuclear energy independence. Time is running out as global agencies continue to shorten the estimate when the Islamic Republic of Iran will have the capability to produce nuclear weapons. Short of using military force to disable Iran's program, the global community must undertake a universally supported and implemented plan to bring the regime's leadership to the negotiating table. By utilizing a strategic communication plan built on the interests, concerns, fears, and desires of the international community and Iran's leadership, the United States can revive the significance of the uranium enrichment situation and bring the world's leaders under one plan to exert the maximum diplomatic and economic pressure on Iran and halt its march towards becoming a nuclear weapon-state. This paper investigates the Islamic Republic of Iran's nuclear program, its economic impact on the civilian population, the leadership's negotiating styles and motivations, and the global interests and fears of the international community with respect to a nuclear weapon- capable Iran. Using the problem/solution methodology, this paper offers two strategic communication plans to meet the objective of bringing the regime's leadership into meaningful diplomatic negotiations for the cessation of their uranium enrichment program.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA539774
Entities
People
- Kyle A. Benwitz
Organizations
- Air Command and Staff College