BU Now » uranium enrichment http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Iran’s nuke dilemma http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/02/01/irans-nuke-dilemma/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/02/01/irans-nuke-dilemma/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:04:54 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=4260 Iran nuclear weaponsWith international atomic energy officials still dickering with Iran over Iran’s uranium-enrichment program, international relations Professor Augustus Richard Norton, in a Q&A with BU Today, says that given the political realities in the United States it’s going to be difficult to deter the Iranians from what they’re doing.

“If I were advising the president on this topic, I would allow the situation in Iran to continue to unfold, pursue and facilitate the swap of enriched uranium vis-à-vis Turkey, and pursue limited sanctions with a view to targeting Iranian officials rather than the Iranian public in general.”

Contact Augustus Richard Norton, 617-353-7808, arn@bu.edu

 

]]> http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/02/01/irans-nuke-dilemma/feed/ 0