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The threat posed by Iran to international peace and security is approaching a crisis. After compiling a thirty-year record as the world's most active supporter of terrorism, Iran seems determined to develop nuclear weapons. In Taking on Iran, Abraham D. Sofaer argues that US policy toward Iran cannot be restricted to a strategy based on the two costly and potentially ineffective options of attacking Iran's nuclear programme or containing a nuclear-armed Iran. Economic sanctions and ineffective diplomacy have failed to convince Iran to abandon its nuclear arms ambitions. Sofaer explains that the United States should add to the pressure on Iran, going beyond economic sanctions and responding forcefully to Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) aggression, increasing the likelihood that Iran will negotiate in earnest and enabling the United States to engage Iran in the disciplined manner required for success.
The author outlines thirty years of IRGC aggression and the corresponding thirty years of US weakness by both Republican and Democratic administrations. Drawing from experience in dealing with the Soviet Union during the Reagan administration, he demonstrates that combining strength and diplomacy is the option most likely to convince Iran to comply with international law without either the war necessary to end Iran's nuclear programme or the danger in attempting to contain Iran after it acquires nuclear weapons.
Contents
Foreword by George P. Shultz
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Dealing with the Iranian Threat
Regime Change
Sanctions
Negotiations and Direct Appeals
Preventive Attack or Containment?
An Alternative to Preventive Attack and Containment
Chapter 2 Thirty Years of IRGC Aggression
Lebanon
Iraq
Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia
United States
Attacks on Other States
Interference with Navigational Rights
Chapter 3 Thirty Years of US Weakness
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
William J. Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Chapter 4 Defending Against IRGC Attacks
Legality of Defending Against IRGC Aggression
Legitimacy of Defensive Measures Against the IRGC
Covert Attacks
Balance of Consequences
Chapter 5 Beyond Strength: Effective Diplomacy
Rhetorical Restraint
Regime Engagement
Limited Linkage
A Broad Agenda
Forum Flexibility
Conclusion
Notes
About the Author
Index
