BUSTING OUT |
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| Authors: | C Christine Fair Karl Kaltenthaler William Miller |
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| Institution: | 1. Senior Research Analyst at the Center for Defense Information , Washington, D. C.;2. Research Assistant at the CNS |
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| Abstract: | This report explores Iranian popular opinion on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and the determinants of Iranian attitudes. Using data from a 2008 survey of 710 Iranians administered by the University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes, we find that that a significant minority of Iranians (10 percent in 2006 and 14 percent in 2008) would prefer that Iran withdraw from the NPT. Our statistical analysis shows that Iranians who fear a US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities and distrust the International Atomic Energy Agency are more likely to want to quit the NPT. We therefore argue that those who do not trust other nations are most likely to oppose the NPT. |
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| Keywords: | Iran Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons |
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