POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Iranian Revolution, Nuclear Program Of Iran, United States Marine Corps
21 Feb 2016
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Iran"s nuclear program: emerging nuclear powers and the security dilemma. Edelman et al. argue that us red lines (signaling) would not deter. Us power and influence would be diminished. Argue that increasing regional us military presence would boost leverage, deterrence. Edelman et al. on risks of nuclear iran: Iran could be tempted to hit israel first. An iranian bomb would lead to proliferation, arms racing. The middle east could become a multipolar nuclear region (israel, Waltz argues the middle east is the only region with a sole nuclear power leads to imbalance because power begs to be balanced . Waltz argues that iranian leaders are rational; they are not suicidal fundamentalists. Being rational, iran"s leaders seek security; they don"t want to initiate nuclear war. Historically, countries become more cautious after developing nuclear weapons (ex: china) In 1953, he was overthrown in a coup orchestrated by us cia and. West installed shah mohammed reza pahlavi, overthrown in the 1979.
