Summary: David Menashri is Associate Professor of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University. Iran’s strive for nuclear power is viewed as a major threat to Israel and a serious challenge for the Middle East and the United States. The combination of nuclear power on the one hand and radical ideology on the other, in addition to Iran’s relation with radical Islamist movements (like Hamas and Hizballah), as well as with the Syrian regime all join to make Iran a major cause for concern. How determined is Iran in pursuing its nuclear program? How firm is the government at home? What can be done to dissuade Tehran from pursuing its nuclear program? What can the outside world do? Is an internal change possible?
