Reasoning with Iran
No one can say for sure that Iran's regime has formally adopted a nuclear weapons program. Although many Iranian leaders no doubt want one, others are carefully weighing the risks of preventive strikes from outside, increased isolation, and a regional nuclear arms race, all of which suggests that the West has little to gain from continuing to insist on a halt to uranium enrichment.
PARIS – Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program have been stalled for more than three years. For six years, the voices of reason have largely been drowned out, with passions and delusions claiming primacy.