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Playing for the Long Haul in Iran: A Dual Track Strategy for Arms Control and Democratization

Journal Article

Author
Michael A. McFaul - Stanford University

Published by
Brown Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 12 no. 2, page(s) 259-289
Winter/Spring 2006


Since the fall of the Shah's regime in 1979, the United States has lacked a viable and coherent policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. Now more than ever, the United States must develop a new grand strategy that addresses all three principal U.S. national interests in the country. U.S. policy must seek to halt the development of an Iranian nuclear bomb, to end the regime's support of terrorist groups, and to foster democratic change in Tehran.

Topics: Democratization | Iran | United States