TY - BOOK AU - Gaietta,Michele TI - The trajectory of Iran's nuclear program SN - 9781137541680 (hardback) AV - U264.5.I7 G35 2015 U1 - 623.4/51190955 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York, NY PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Nuclear weapons KW - Iran KW - Nuclear energy KW - Government policy KW - Nuclear arms control KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security KW - SCIENCE / Energy KW - Politics and government KW - 1979-1997 KW - 1997- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: -- 1.The Nuclear Program of the Shah (1957-79) 2.The Impact of the Revolution (1979-89 )3.Progressive Consolidation (1989-98) 4.Expansion and Disclosure (1998-2003) 5.Diplomacy at Work (2003-05) 6.Sanctions and Tensions (2005-08)7.Possible Military Dimensions 8.Negotiations and Pressures (2008-12) 9.Prudence and Hope N2 - "The Trajectory of Iran's Nuclear Program offers a unique in-depth historical and technical description of Iran's nuclear program, highlighting the extraordinarily shifting political, economic, and strategic contexts that have influenced the evolution of Iran's nuclear activities. More than thirteen years after the outbreak of the Iran nuclear issue and about sixty years after the first agreement on research into peaceful uses of atomic energy, huge uncertainty still persists about the future of Iran's nuclear program, as well as the possible reasons behind the political and financial effort put by the country into its advancement in the nuclear field. The author makes a valuable contribution to a better understanding of this crucial issue's past and present states of affairs, pointing out its connections with the evolution of global and regional strategic balances, as well as the stability of the international regime against the proliferation of nuclear weapons"-- ER -