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Can the World Tolerate an Iran with Nuclear Weapons?

Amos Yadlin

With tensions between Iran, Israel, and Western powers reaching new highs over the Islamic Republic's nuclear enrichment program, the tenth edition of the Munk Debates investigates how the world should respond to Iran's nuclear ambitions.

For some, the case for a pre-emptive strike on Iran is ironclad. An Iranian bomb would flood the volatile Middle East with nuclear weapons and trap Israel in a state of perilous insecurity -- along with much of the world's oil supply. Others argue that a nuclear Iran could be the very stabilizing force that the region needs, as the threat of nuclear war makes conventional conflicts more risky. These same voices also ask: can the West and Israel afford to attack Iran when doing so could roll back the Arab Spring and re-entrench reactionary forces throughout the Middle East?

In this edition of the Munk Debates -- Canada's premier international debate series -- former Israel Defense Forces head of military intelligence Amos Yadlin, Pulitzer Prize-winning political commentator Charles Krauthammer, CNN host Fareed Zakaria, and Iranian-born academic Vali Nasr debate the consequences of a nuclear-armed Iran.

For the first time ever, this electrifying debate, which played to a sold-out audience, is now available in print, along with candid interviews with the debaters.

With tempers flaring between governments, the world's oil supply in peril, and global security at risk, the Munk Debate on Iran tries to answer: Can the world tolerate an Iran with nuclear weapons?

Book Details

  • Publisher: House of Anansi Press
  • Publish Date: Feb 23rd, 2013
  • Pages: 96
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.80in - 5.00in - 0.30in - 0.20lb
  • EAN: 9781770892361
  • Categories: International Relations - Arms ControlSecurity (National & International)World - Middle Eastern

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About the Author

Krauthammer, Charles: - Charles Krauthammer is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist, political commentator, and physician.
Zakaria, Fareed: - Fareed Zakaria is host of CNN's flagship international affairs program, Fareed Zakaria GPS, and the Editor-at-Large of TIME. He is the author of the international bestsellers, The Future of Freedom and The Post-American World.
Nasr, Vali: - Vali Nasr is an Iranian-born leading expert on the Middle East, a best-selling author, Dean of the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and a member of the U.S. State Department's influential Policy Planning Board.
Griffiths, Rudyard: -

Rudyard Griffiths is the co-organizer and moderator of the Munk Debates. He is also the co-founder of the Dominion Institute, co-director of the Grano Speakers Series, and author of Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto. He lives in Toronto.

Yadlin, Amos: - Amos Yadlin is a former Israeli Air Force general, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) military attaché to the United States, and head of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate.