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Very good. xv, [1], 84 pages. Wraps. Endnotes. Timeline. Appendices. Judith Yaphe is an adjunct professor in the Elliott School and Senior Research Fellow and Middle East Project Director in the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) at the National Defense University in Washington, DC. Before joining INSS in 1995, Dr. Yaphe served for 20 years as a senior analyst on Middle Eastern and Persian Gulf issues in the Office of Near Eastern and South Asian Analysis, Directorate of Intelligence, CIA. She specializes in Iraq, Iran, Arabian/Persian Gulf security issues, and Political Islam/Islamic extremism. Yaphe received the B.A. with Honors in History from Moravian College and the Ph.D. in Middle Eastern History from the University of Illinois. Selected publications include Strategic Implications of a Nuclear-Armed Iran with Dr. Kori Schake, The Middle East in 2015: The Impact of Regional Trends on U.S. Strategic Planning, The United States and the Persian Gulf, ed. by Richard D. Sokolsky. to what degree have new information and the passage of time altered our understanding of the issue? Without question, much has changed since the 2001 assessment was written. al Qaeda terrorists attacked the twin towers in New York and the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on September 11, 2001. the United States invaded Afghanistan and Iraq, the former because al Qaeda terrorists used it to shelter their organization and prepare for operations, and the latter because of Saddam Husayn's failure to comply with United Nations Security Council resolutions on giving up his weapons of mass destruction programs and his alleged support to terrorist organizations, in particular al Qaeda. Beyond 9/11 and its aftermath, other developments have loomed large. on the political side, the Palestinians held elections in January 2005, and in Iran, conservatives won the majority seats in Majles elections in 2004 and also won the presidential election in 2005, giving them control of all branches of the government.
Publisher:
National Defense University, Institute for National Strategic Studies
Published:
2005
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
14761599535
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Seller's Description:
Good. xv, [1], 84, [4] pages. Box. Endnotes. Timeline of Iran's Path to Nuclear Weapons. Appendixes. Notes at Appendix C. Name blacked out on title page, with some staining on next page. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Dr. Judith Yaphe and Colonel Charles Lutes reexamining Iran's movement toward becoming a nuclear-weapons state and the implications of that development for stability in the Middle East, global nonproliferation efforts, and U.S. security and defense policy. The terrorist attacks of September 11, U.S. intervention in Afghanistan and Iran, and new evidence of Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons-related technologies all necessitate a reexamination of a nuclear-armed Iran.
