Closing the Window: Preemptive Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Program

• In Event: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, and Security

Brief Overview

Analyzes the 2025 U.S.–Israeli preemptive strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, focusing on revisionist ambitions, proliferation risks, proxy empowerment, and the shift from mutual to coercive deterrence.

Authors

• Yahya Zarrinnarges Gooyaghaj, Wayne State University

• Frederic S Pearson, Wayne State University