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The article analyzes U.S. and global policy responses to Iran's alleged development of nuclear weapons. The author believes that the twin policies of negotiations and economic sanctions will likely continue through 2012. Should the U.S. government be convinced that Iran has not ended its nuclear weapons program by 2013, however, he argues that U.S. President Barack Obama has foreclosed all policy options other than the use of military force against Iran. Topics include the views of Israeli political leaders on Iran, parallels between the policy choices of the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, and alternative policies to achieve nuclear nonproliferation.

In this article, authors shares their views regarding various political issues related to different parts of the world. The recent detonation by India of five underground nuclear tests in two days is a world-changing event. And it compels attention to an inescapable question that the nuclear powers have done their best, in the seven years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Excluding Gaza, the Palestinian Authority now controls 3 percent of the West Bank and shares control with Israel of another 24 percent. During the Oslo talks the Palestinian negotiators, according to then, Israeli negotiator Yossi Beilin, asked for an agreement that would turn over 65 percent of the disputed areas before the final-status talks began, while the Israelis preferred to keep the number closer to 50 percent.

This article discusses the ramifications of a potential Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear sites. International security is contingent upon the diplomatic strategies of world powers as the other nations of the Middle East begin to consider the development of their own nuclear programs in response to Iran. The author suggests a strategy of peaceful atomic diplomacy.