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Since World War II, few countries have been of greater strategic concern to the United States than Iran. Whether as a dependable friend and preeminent regional partner or as an implacable enemy, Iran has occupied a special place in U.S. security thinking. It exerts influence on a range of important policy issues—from the Middle East peace process to post-Taliban Afghanistan—and when it acquires nuclear weapons capability within the next decade, it could become a significant factor driving U.S. and regional government policies on proliferation.

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

1-2002

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

U.S.-Iran Relations: Normalization in the Future?

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