LISD issues report
on Iranian nuclear proliferation crisis
The Woodrow Wilson School's Liechtenstein
Institute on Self-Determination (LISD)
has issued an eight-page brief titled "Iran,
Its Nuclear Ambitions, the Region, and the West." The
brief is a summary report of the findings and policy recommendations
derived from an LISD-sponsored private conference hosted March 31 - April
1 of this year.
The conference convened senior diplomats, practitioners, and academics
to discuss the ongoing Iranian nuclear crisis. The two-day event featured
intense discussions on issues surrounding the complexities of Iran's
nuclear intentions and the concerns of regional and outside powers, including
the United States, members of the European Union, Russia, and China.
The summary report notes, "Particularly dangerous is the hardening
of positions on both sides with decreasing opportunities for face-saving
exit strategies and the increasing danger of crisis-escalation by outside
events."
The brief presents diplomatic, economic, technological, and military
options the international community could pursue and outlines potential
long-term outcomes should Iran choose not to comply. Other options
discussed include containment, sanctions, and other covert and overt
deterrent measures.
Members of the permanent missions to the United Nations in New York
from Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Colombia, the
Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Pakistan, and Qatar,
as well as representatives from the French and Israeli Ministries of
Defense were among the participants.
Academic and policy-making institutions represented at the conference
were New York University, Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi,
the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, Tehran University in Iran,
Tsinghua University in Beijing, the American Jewish Committee, Aspen
Institute, Carnegie Corporation of New York, German Institute for International
and Security Affairs, International Crisis Group, Moscow Institute
of Physics and Technology, Swiss Nuclear Society, United States Institute
of Peace, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and
Princeton University. |
