Events Detail

Hudson Institute and The Partnership for a Secure America presented

Iran's Nuclear Challenge: U.S. Options

Tuesday, January 12, 2009, 2:00 - 4:00 PM

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Dr. Richard Weitz (co-chair), Senior Fellow and Director of Hudson's Center for Political-Military Analysis

Matthew Rojansky (co-chair), Executive Director of the Partnership for a Secure America

Ellen Laipson, President and CEO of the Henry L. Stimson Center and Former Vice Chair of the National Intelligence Council

Ambassador James Dobbins, Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center, RAND Corporation, and former US special envoy to Afghanistan after 9/11

Dr. Hillel Fradkin, Senior Fellow and Director of Hudson Institute's Center for Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World

Alex Vatanka, Specialist in Iranian Affairs and Managing Editor, Jane's Islamic Affairs Analyst

             Weitz, Laipson, Dobbins, Fradkin,

                      Rojansky and Vatanka

The informal U.S. deadline for Iran's negotiating a compromise agreement with the international community that would constrain its expanding nuclear program has expired. Now the Obama administration, along with foreign governments, must decide how to respond to Iran's continued development of the capacity to enrich uranium for nuclear fuel and, potentially, nuclear weapons. The failure of Iran to respond to American offers of engagement raises important questions about U.S. efforts to halt nuclear proliferation: Has Iran's behavior undermined the effectiveness of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? If engagement continues to fail, what other viable policy options does the U.S. have? How do domestic politics in Iran and regional politics in the Persian Gulf affect the range of acceptable solutions? This panel discussed U.S. options in the coming months and debate the merits of various proposed approaches, including continued engagement, increased sanctions, and military action.  

For more information please contact Richard Weitz at weitz@hudson.org

Hudson Institute is a nonpartisan policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis that promotes global security, prosperity, and freedom. The Partnership for a Secure America (PSA) is dedicated to recreating the bipartisan center in American national security and foreign policy. 

Location: Walter and Betsy Stern Conference Center, 1015 15th St, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20005