This book challenges the widely held assumption that a nuclear-armed Iran would provoke a proliferation cascade in the Middle East. Arguing that a domino effect is by no means inevitable, the authors set out a number of policy measures that could be enacted by the international community to reduce this risk.

Christopher Hobbs is Lecturer in Science and Security in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, UK.

Matthew Moran is Lecturer in International Security in the Department of War Studies at King's College London, UK.

Foreword by Sir Lawrence Freedman, King's College London, UK.