Iran Policy Options

<p>The Current Containment policy by the US for Iran is failing. The US should modify its policy to incorporate elements of other potential policy options in order to promote engagement with one of the Middle East's most influential yet controversial nations. To aid my research I utilized a modified scenario planning research technique to develop four potential US policy options for Iran. These four policy options include; Containment (current US Policy) Military Intervention Regime Change through Opposition Support and Normalization. The options are further broken down into the lens of the Diplomatic Information Military and Economic Instruments of Power to compare and contrast the effectiveness of each policy option. My conclusions are that Containment is failing and needs to be either improved or rescinded. Military Intervention is untenable at this time and will only cause more problems than solutions. Regime Change through Opposition Support has positive attributes but will take time and could lose the high ground in the war on terror for the US. Finally Normalization could bring significant positive changes for both sides but is a difficult solution based on the history of the relationship and the lack of trust between the two nations. The best solution is a modified Normalization policy which retains nuclear containment through UNSC resolutions and policy options for support of Iranian secular opposition within Iran.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>