Bibliograph

Coping with Iran, Confrontation, Containment, or Engagement? : A Conference Report, James Dobbins, Sarah Harting, Dalia Dassa Kaye

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Coping with Iran, Confrontation, Containment, or Engagement? : A Conference Report, James Dobbins, Sarah Harting, Dalia Dassa Kaye

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 87)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Coping with Iran

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

183644146

Responsibility statement

James Dobbins, Sarah Harting, Dalia Dassa Kaye

Series statement

Conference proceedings

Sub title

Confrontation, Containment, or Engagement? : A Conference Report

Summary

On March 21, 2007, the RAND Corporation held a public conference on Capitol Hill,?Coping with Iran: Confrontation, Containment, or Engagement?? featuring high-level experts and hosted by the director of the RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center. More than 300 guests attended, including former ambassadors, members of Congress and senior staffers, senior journalists, Pentagon officials, and numerous well-known Middle East analysts. Two high-level officials, Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, and Ambassador Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iranian

Table Of Contents

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Conference Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Panel 1: Inside Iran; Panel Members; Role of the Regime; How the Unitred States May Misperceive Iranian Politics: Six Observations; Ayatoolah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Nuclear "Carpet," and Iraq; The Regime: Disagreement and Discord but Also Consensus?; Question and Answer Session; Panel 2: Looking at Two Alternative Futures; Panel Members; Iran, the United States, and Nuclear Weapons: An Examination of Key Policy Issues; Five Key Points; Powerful Drivers, Risks, and Possible Outcomes

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