Taking on Tehran

Ilan Berman is one of the rising stars of American foreign policy. As vice president for policy of the Washington-based American Foreign Policy Council, he is a frequent guest on radio and television. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for both the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Department of Defense, and provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. His writings on international security and American foreign policy have appeared in such influential publications as The National Interest, the International Herald Tribune, and the Financial Times, among others. Berman is adjunct professor for International Law and Global Security at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. He also serves as a member of the reconstituted Committee on the Present Danger, and as Editor of the Journal of International Security Affairs. He is also the coeditor (with J. Michael Waller) of Dismantling Tyranny: Transitioning Beyond Totalitarian Regimes (2006) and the author of Tehran Rising (2005).

• Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 Introduction: Hard ChoicesChapter 3 Getting Smart on IranChapter 4 The Dangers of DeterrenceChapter 5 Getting Outreach RightChapter 6 The Economics of Confronting IranChapter 7 Activating the Human Rights DimensionChapter 8 The Limits of Allied ActionChapter 9 Counter proliferation ChallengesChapter 10 Planning for Conflict