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Iran's Military and Nuclear Capabilities

The Iran military and nuclear capabilities project provides analytical reports on Iran's changing military and WMD capabilities.

The project analyzes the following key areas:

  • Iran's conventional military capabilities
  • Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps asymmetric capabilities
  • Iran's missile capabilities
  • Iran's internal stability

Major Works

GCC - Iran: Operational Analysis of Air, SAM and TBM Forces

Iran, Israel, and the Effects of Nuclear Conflict in the Middle East

Study on a Possible Israeli Strike on Iran's Nuclear Development Facilities

Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction: Strategic and Warfighting Implications of a Nuclear Armed Iran

Latest Publications

More Burke Chair Publications on Iran

In addition to several published books that can be purchased online from the Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, the project focuses on the steady development of working documents that are revised on an ongoing basis. As a result, all of the material provided in this section should be regarded as working material that is subject to update. To provide suggestions or corrections to any material, please send your comments to the Office of the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at BurkeChair@csis.org.

Burke Chair in Strategy

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Report
The Gulf Military Balance and U.S. Commitments to the Gulf
By Anthony H. Cordesman
December 9, 2019
Commentary
Demanding All and Getting Nothing: Secretary Pompeo’s Speech on Iran
By Anthony H. Cordesman
May 21, 2018
Commentary
Mission Impossible? Eight White House Requirements Iran Must Meet as Part of a Post-JCPOA Strategy
By Anthony H. Cordesman
May 9, 2018
Commentary
Iran and the May 12th Deadline: Finding Winning Compromises
By Anthony H. Cordesman
May 1, 2018
Commentary
The U.S., France, Syria, and Iran: Finding Winning Compromises
By Anthony H. Cordesman
April 23, 2018
Report
U.S. Strategy, the JCPOA Iranian Nuclear Arms Agreement, and the Gulf: Playing the Long Game
By Anthony H. Cordesman
March 28, 2018
Report
The Crisis in Iran: What Now?
By Anthony H. Cordesman
January 11, 2018
Commentary
The Other Side of the North Korean, Iranian, Hezbollah, and Yemeni Missile Threat
By Anthony H. Cordesman
November 30, 2017
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