PRIVATE VIEWPOINTS
This page contains a selection of essays on Iran by private analysts. The essays are arranged alphabetically, according to author and organization. The Wisconsin Project takes no responsibility for the content of this work.
Arms Control Association
American Enterprise Institute
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
Atlantic Council of the United States
British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
Brookings Institution
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Center for Defense Information
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Council on Foreign Relations
FirstWatch International
Gulf Research Center
Heritage Foundation
Hoover Institution
Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
International Crisis Group
Iran Policy Committee
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies
Leitenberg, Milton
Middle East Institute
Middle East Missile Monitor
MidEastWeb
National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)
Nixon Center
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
Oxford Research Group
Parameters
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
Sahimi, Muhammad
Strategic Policy Consulting (SPC)
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
| Date | Title of Work |
| 03-06 | Will Israel Blast the Iranian Bomb? in The American Enterprise, by Michael Karpin (PDF) |
| 02-02-06 | Next Steps: The Iranian Threat, An AEI event with Stephen Rademaker |
| 10-04 | A Strategy for Nuclear Iran, by Thomas Donnelly |
| 09-28-04 | The IAEA: The World's Enforcer or Paper Tiger? An AEI event with John Bolton, Joseph Cirincione, Mark Groombridge and Gary Milhollin |
| 12-03-03 | Summary of American-Iranian Town Hall Meeting hosted by AEI |
| 11-17-03 | The IAEA Report: Does Iran have a nuclear weapons program? An AEI event |
| 03-02 | Iran's Burgeoning WMD Programs, Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, by Michael Rubin |
Atlantic Council of the United States
| Date | Title of Work |
| 12-99 | U.S.-Iranian Relations: An Analytic Compendium of U.S. Policies, Laws and Regulations by Kenneth Katzman |
British American Security Information Council
| Date | Title of Work |
| 01-21-04 | Empty Words, The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi |
| 11-28-03 | A New Strain on Alliance, The Los Angeles Times, by Ivo H. Daalder and Michael A. Levi |
| 11-24-03 | The Wrong Way to Promote Nuclear Power, The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi |
| 10-23-03 | Nuclear Breakthroughs are Less than Meets the Eye, The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi |
| 10-06-03 | Enabler: The IAEA must be Careful with Iran, The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi |
| 09-05-03 | Nuclear Reaction: Why wont the IAEA get tough with Iran? The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi |
| 06-02-03 | Would the Saudi's go Nuclear? The New Republic, by Michael A. Levi |
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
| Date | Title of Work |
| 03-05-05 | A New Non-Proliferation Strategy, remarks by Joseph Cirincione at the International Conference on Nuclear Technology and Sustainable Development , Tehran, Iran |
| 09-02-04 | The IAEA's report on Iran: No Slam Dunk, by Miriam Rajkumar and Joseph Cirincione |
| 12-01-03 | Fact Sheet: Iran's Programs to Produce Plutonium and Enriched Uranium, by Marshall Breit |
| 11-02-04 | Now is the Time for U.S. and Iran to have their Overdue Talk: Nuclear Diplomacy Breakthrough Potential, by George Perkovich |
| 10-27-03 | Iran's Security Dilemma: Washington is Primed for More than a Nuclear Deal |
| 10-07-03 | Fact Sheet: A Comparison of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and the Additional Protocol in the Case of Iran, by Samia Amin |
| 06-19-03 | Understanding the IAEA Report on Iran, by Miriam Rajkumar |
| 04-28-03 | Dealing With Iran's Nuclear Challenge, by George Perkovich |
2002 |
Deadly Arsenals, Chapter 15: Iran, by Joseph Cirincione with Jon B. Wolfsthal and Miriam Rajkumar |
Center for Defense Information
| Date | Title of Work |
| 06-09-04 | Iran's Nuclear Shadow, by Ali Chaudhry |
| 02-14-02 | Iran, Israel and Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East, by Michael Donovan |
| 07-01-01 | Iran’s Ambitious Missile Programs, by Ali Chaudhry |
| 07-01-01 | Iran’s Missile Flight Tests, by Ali Chaudhry |
Center for Strategic and International Studies
| Date | Title of Work |
10-30-02 |
Iranian Arms Transfers: The Facts, by Anthony H. Cordesman |
| Date | Title of Work |
| 01-27-05 | Iran, North Korea, and the NPT's Loopholds, Interview with Lawrence Scheinman |
| 01-12-05 | Transition 2005: U.S. Policy Towards Iran, Discussion with Kenneth Pollack, Mark Palmer, David Kay and Ray Takeyh |
| 11-08-05 | Behind the Scenes of a Tumultuous Relationship: The United States and Iran, Discussion with Kenneth Pollack moderated by Suzanne Maloney |
| 07-04 | Iran: Time for a New Approach, Report of an Independent Task Force Sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relation, Zbigniew Brzezinski and Robert M. Gates, Co-Chairs |
| 07-19-04 | Iran: Time for a New Approach, An Independent Task Force on U.S. Policy Toward Iran, Transcript of Council meeting moderated by Lee Feinstein |
| Date | Title of Work |
06-17-04 |
Focusing on Iran's Laser Enrichment Program, by Jack Boureston and Charles D. Ferguson |
| 03-04 | Assessing Iran’s Plutonium Reprocessing Capabilities: A Way to Obtaining Nuclear Weapons Material, by Jack Boureston and Charles Ferguson |
| 12-27-04 | Exposing Libya and the Emerging Axis of Evil: Pakistan, Libya, Iran, by Jack Boureston, Yana Feldman, and Charles Mahaffey |
| 11-03 | Iran’s IR-40 Reactor: A Preliminary Assessment, by Jack Boureston and Charles Mahaffey |
| Date | Title of Work |
| 03-13-07 | The Gulf states consider nuclear energy, by Nicole Stracke, excerpted from commentary published in the Daily Star [Lebanon] |
| Date | Title of Work |
| 01-24-06 | Confounding the Mullahs of Iran: It's time for Israel to join NATO, by John Hulsman and Nile Gardiner |
| 12-14-05 | Countering Iran's Nuclear Challenge (PDF), by James Phillips, John C. Hulsman and James Jay Carafano |
| 08-26-05 | Iran: Don't Trust an Abuser with Nukes, by Kim R. Holmes |
| 08-11-05 | Dealing with Iran's Resurgent Hardliners (PDF), by James Phillips |
| 11-24-04 | Iran's Latest Nuclear Charade (PDF), by James Phillips and Baker Spring |
| 09-29-04 | An Iran-Israeli War?, by Peter Brookes |
04-05-01 |
Countering Russian-Iranian Military Cooperation (PDF),The Backgrounder, by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., and James Phillips |
| 09-05-97 | Maintain International Pressure and Sanctions on Iran (PDF), The Backgrounder, by James A. Phillips |
| 01-13-97 | Russia's Dangerous Missile Game in Iran (PDF), by Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., and James Phillips |
| Date | Title of Work |
2003 |
Applying Recommended Policies
to Specific Cases, by
Sidney D. Drell and James E. Goodby |
Institute for Science and International Security
The International Crisis Group
| Date | Title of Work |
| 11-24-04 | Iran: Where Next on the Nuclear Standoff |
| 10-27-03 | Dealing with Iran's Nuclear Program |
10-15-03 |
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| 09-05-02 | Iran: The Struggle for the Revolution's Soul |
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies
| Date | Title of Work |
| 02-19-04 | Transcript of seminar on Israel’s response to the Iranian nuclear challenge |
| Date | Title of Work |
| 09-02 | Biological Weapons and 'Bioterrorism' in the First Years of the 21st Century, Politics and the LIfe Sciences, by Milton Leitenberg |
| Date | Title of Work |
| 07-21-04 | Finding the Fulcrum? Euro-Atlantic Relations and Iran by John Calabrese |
12-15-03 |
Iran's Nuclear Program and the IAEA Compromise: A Bridge to a Better Bargain? by John Calabrese |
| Date | Title of Work |
| 02-28-05 | The Flight of the "Kent," by Uzi Rubin |
| 10-13-04 | Iran's Impending Global Reach, by Uzi Rubin |
| 10-05-04 | Fateh-110, by Azriel Lorber |
| 09-24-04 | Iran's New Shihab Missile and the Russian Connection, by Uzi Rubin |
| 08-24-04 | Iran's New "Baby Bottle" Shihab, by Uzi Rubin |
| 3-9-03 | Iran's Shibah-3 Missile, by Israel Briman |
| Date | Title of Work |
| 2003 | Summary of letter purportedly sent by Iran to the U.S. government in the spring of 2003 |
National Council of Resistance of Iran
| Date | Title of Work |
| 04-04 | US and Iran: The Nuclear Dilemma: Next Steps, by Geoffrey Kemp |
| 03-04 | Iran’s Bomb: American and Iranian Perspectives, by Geoffrey Kemp, Michael Eisenstadt, Farideh Farhi and Nasser Hadian |
| 11-03 | America, Russia and the Greater Middle East: Challenges and Opportunities, by Geoffrey Kemp and Paul Saunders |
| 01-01 | Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Options: Issues and Analysis, by Geoffrey Kemp, Shahram Chubin, Farideh Farhi, Richard Speier |
Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
| Date | Title of Work |
| 10-22-04 | A Fresh Examination of the Proliferation Dangers of Light Water Reactors by Victor Gilinsky, Marvin Miller and Harmon Hubbards |
| 09-13-04 | Restraining a Nuclear-Ready Iran: Seven Levers, by Henry Sokolski |
| 01-04 | Checking Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions, Henry Sokolski and Patrick Clawson, Eds |
| 03-15-04 | Peering over the Horizon: Arab threat perception and security responses to a nuclear ready Iran, by Richard Russell |
| Iran: Breaking out Without Quite Breaking the Rules? |
| Date | Title of Work |
| 03-07 | Would Air Strikes Work? Understanding Iran's Nuclear Programme and the possible consequences of a military strike, Briefing Paper by Frank Barnaby (PDF) |
| 07-06 | Iran's Nuclear Threat: Exploring the Politics, Briefing Paper by Dr. Farhang Jahanpour (PDF) |
| 03-06 | Iran: Sliding Towards War, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF) |
| 02-06 | Iran: Consequences of a War, Briefing Paper by Paul Rogers (PDF) |
| 02-06 | Iran's Nuclear Activities, by Frank Barnaby (PDF) |
| 01-06 | Iraq, Afghanistan and Now Iran Once Again, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF) |
| 03-05 | The Bush Administration, Insurgencies and Iran, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF) |
| 02-05 | Limitations of Power, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF) |
| 07-04 | Iran Comes Into the Frame, International Security Monthly Briefing by Paul Rogers (PDF) |
| Date | Title of Work |
| Fall 2004 | Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Dealing with Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid, by Richard L. Russell (reprinted with permission from the Autumn 2004 issue of Parameters) |
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
| Date | Title of Work |
| 12-06-03 | Middle East Security and Iran, Co-Sponsored by Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and The Institute for Political and International Studies, by Jeffrey Boutwell |
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)
| Date | Title of Work |
| 12-22-04 | Iran Nuclear Crisis by Charles
Recknagel and Golnaz Esfandiari - Is Tehran Trying to Develop Nuclear Weapons? - Tehran Takes Two Tracks on Nuclear Weapon Development - Where Does the Iranian Nuclear Debate Go From Here? - Iranian Public Offers Mixed Feelings on Nuclear Issue |
Muhammad Sahimi
| Date | Title of Work |
| 10-06-03 | Iran's Nuclear Program. Part III: The Emerging Crisis |
| 10-03-03 | Iran's Nuclear Program. Part II: Are Nuclear Reactors Necessary? |
| 10-02-03 | Iran's Nuclear Program. Part I: Its History |
| Date | Title of Work |
| 04-04 | The "Strategic Partnership" Between India and Iran by Robert Hathaway |
| 12-03 | Proliferation Challenges after Iraq, the report of an Eisenhower National Security Series workshop, written by Daniel Freeman |
