Facing the Iranian Challenge: The American Options

The focus of this piece is the range of diplomatic options available to President-elect Barack Obama once he enters office in January in terms of the Iranian nuclear threat. That is, how Obama will prevent Iran from acquiring further nuclear weapons capabilities that would allow Iran to produce large quantities of weapons-grade nuclear materials. In addition, in order to be realistic about the possibility that the US will not be able to stop Iran through diplomatic means, the US strategy if those diplomatic efforts fail will be addressed.