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Deterrence Misapplied: Challenges in Containing a Nuclear Iran

By Frederick W. Kagan
Originally published in Council on Foreign Relations
May 31, 2010

In this working paper for the Council on Foreign Relations, Frederick W. Kagan examines the deterrence model from a theoretical and historical perspective and assesses whether a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran would be deterrable. The full text of the paper can be downloaded below or accessed here.

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