Iran after the bomb : how would a nuclear-armed Tehran behave? /

This report explores how a nuclear-armed Iran would behave, if it would act aggressively, and what this would entail for the United States and its main regional allies, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Israel. The Islamic Republic seeks to undermine what it perceives to be the Americ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nader, Alireza
Corporate Authors:	Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division, JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2013.
Subjects:	Nuclear weapons > Iran > Forecasting. Nuclear weapons > Government policy > Iran > Forecasting. Iran > Foreign relations > Forecasting. Iran > Politics and government > Forecasting. HISTORY > Military > Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science. HISTORY > Middle East > General. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The Islamic Republic : a revisionist yet restrained power
Possible motivations for nuclear weapons
Nuclear weapons and internal instability
Nuclear Iran and the Persian Gulf
Revolutionary animosity and neighborly relations
Limited ability to subvert the GCC
Iran's military strategy and capabilities in the Persian Gulf
Would a nuclear Iran close the Strait of Hormuz?
Nuclear Iran and Israel
An ideological, but not self-destructive, hatred of Israel
Irrationality, command and control, and rogue actions
Nuclear Iran and terrorism
Iran's motives for supporting terrorism
Extended nuclear deterrence
Conclusion and findings.