Nuclear Proliferation of the Islamic Republic of Iran: Challenging the Balance of Power in the Middle East

Abstract

Few topics in international relations consistently attract as much
academic and policy interest as nuclear proliferation. Literature
on the subject tends to focus on the following questions: Why do
states seek nuclear weapons? How do they acquire the components
necessary to build them? What are the consequences of nuclear
proliferation? Does nuclear proliferation change the balance of
power? These issues will remain salient in the years to come as
the Iranian nuclear weapon programme continues, heightening the
crisis between regional leading states.