GVPT 200 Chapter March 7: Readings for March 7
9 Mar 2018
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Israel considers any significant iranian enrichment to be a threat. Iran tests a weapon, an outcome american and israeli officials consider unacceptable: while others consider this situation an existential threat, every nation that developed a nuclear weapon (except the u. s. ) has not used them. New nuclear powers generally produce greater international stability. Israel has worked to keep its nuclear monopoly by bombing iraq in. Islamic republic: fears of a nuclear iran are based on misunderstanding of how statse in the international system act, some fear that the iranian regime is inherently irrational. Iran seeks a nuclear weapon for its own security; they act to secure their own preservation: others fear that iran would provide terrorists with nucler devices. The spread of nuclear weapons in the world has been slow and controlled. Iranian leaders are rational, but they are dangerous as well.
