Overview

In August 2002, the National Council of the Resistance in Iran (NCRI) revealed in Washington to a stunned world how advanced Iran's nuclear programme was. And in September, 2009, amidst unprecedented protest in Iran against the country's regime, President Barack Obama exposed yet another clandestine nuclear site there, bringing the possibility of a nuclear arsenal ever closer. For seven fruitless years the international community has been too divided to counter this threat. Russia and China view Iran as a tool to counter US influence. Obama's efforts to engage Iran have yielded no results. Sunni Arab governments fear Iran, but are powerless to keep it in check. And Israel, fearing that the bomb will be used against them, might decide on a pre-emptive strike, with drastic consequences for the region. Preventing Iran from building a nuclear arsenal is a European priority. But Europe's strategic and economic interests collide: the EU is Iran's biggest commercial partner; its energy policy tilts towards Iran, yet its interests in the region clash with Iran's policies. Iran: The Looming Crisis is a new and extensively revised edition of Under a Mushroom Cloud. Fully updated to take into account of the current diplomatic statelmate, recent developments in Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, Obama's 2009 diplomatic overtures to Iran, the 2009 re-election of President Ahmadinejad, his incresingly repressive stance at the mounting discontent of Iran's civil society against its oppressive rulers, this uncompromising analysis offers a compelling answer to the dilemmas facing the West. Drawing on extensive research, including interviews with senior officials, security and intelligence personnel of many countries, it provides a comprehensive account of a serious strategic threat, and offers a list of practical recommendations.

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Injects much needed urgency, colour and clarity into the debate on Iran - the Economist<br><br> An important contribution to the debate about Europe's approach to Iran ... well-informed, perceptive and sobering. I hope our leaders will read what Dr Ottolenghi has to say - General Charles Guthrie, Chief of the British Defence Staff (1997-2001), Colonel Commandant of the SAS<br><br> How to deal with Iran is one of the most pressing foreign policy issues of the day. Dr Ottolenghi provides a useful guide to the challenge and how to meet it - Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies and Vice Principal, King's College London<br><br>

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Emanuele Ottolenghi was born in Bologna, Italy. A Political Science graduate of the University of Bologna, he obtained his PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and taught Israel Studies at Oxford from 1999-2006. Since March 2010, he has been a Senior Fellow at the Washington-based Foundation for Defence of Democracies. A frequent commentator on Middle East affairs and transatlantic relations for many English-language and Italian publications, he is the author, most recently of, Autodafe: L'Europa, gli Ebrei e I'Antisemitismo.

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