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CIAO DATE: 09/2008

PolicyWatch #1387: Special Forum Report: Thinking about Preventative Military Action against Iran

Patrick Clawson, Michael Eisenstadt

July 2008

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Abstract

On June 20, 2008, Michael Eisenstadt and Patrick Clawson addressed a Policy Forum at The Washington Institute. Mr. Eisenstadt is a senior fellow and director of the Institute's Military and Security Studies Program, and Dr. Clawson is deputy director of research at the Institute. The two recently coauthored The Last Resort: Consequences of Preventive Military Action against Iran. The following is a rapporteur's summary of their remarks.

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