Iran's Nuclear Policy and the IAEA: An Evaluation of Program 93+2 (Military Research Paper, No. 3) (Military Research Paper, No. 3)

The global arms control community was severely shaken in the early 1990s by the belated discovery that two signatories to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons—Iraq and North Korea—possessed advanced clandestine nuclear weapons programs. In response to these challenges and to enhance its inspections capability, the International Atomic Energy Agency adopted a strengthened safeguards regime known as "Program 93+2."

Currently, the Islamic Republic of Iran provides a good test case for evaluating the implementation of Program 93+2. In Iran's Nuclear Policy and the IAEA, Chen Zak examines whether this new verification system would permit the identification of Iranian nuclear weapons development and whether a regional agreement might ultimately prove to be a more effective option for the Middle East.