Involving the elephant: technical isolation and the role of India in a possible solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis

Henry Ufomba

Defense & Security Analysis, 2012, vol. 28, issue 4, 360-367

Abstract: Apart from North Korea, no state's nuclear program in the twenty-first century has raised more concern to international security than Iran's. While Iran insists that its nuclear program is strictly for civilian purpose in line with Article IV of non-proliferation treaty, the USA and its allies insist that Iran has military intentions and called for sanctions. The failure of sanctions to deter Iran from its nuclear agenda had made many scholars and policy-makers call for a preemptive attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. Situated within this debate, this paper positions itself as an antagonist to the preemptive airstrike option and argues that involving India in a possible nuclear “iron curtain” against Iran -- a move known as technical isolation -- remains the best option to the current nuclear crises.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1080/14751798.2012.730727

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