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Washington and its allies can still prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons through nonmilitary means.

Much of the rhetoric surrounding the Iranian nuclear impasse has been marked by Tehran's staunch refusal to budge and pessimism among Western analysts that increasingly strong diplomatic and economic measures will ever have their desired effect. Yet several avenues for progress have opened up amid an environment of incrementally effective

Privately discussing U.S. concerns about military action against Iran is both responsible and necessary. Musing upon them publicly, however, is a strategic error.

The debate over whether to sanction the Central Bank of Iran must consider the effectiveness of such action and the consequences for the world economy.

For nuclear diplomacy to succeed, Tehran must believe that the United States will take military action against any effort to build a bomb.

The latest IAEA report should serve to shift the public debate from whether Iran is developing a nuclear weapon to how to stop it.

The discovery that Syria may have tried to build a centrifuge plant is reawakening concerns about the extent of the regime's nuclear ambitions and the proliferation of crucial technology by Pakistan.

The United States must be more proactive in countering Iran's propaganda machine and breathing new life into the suppressed Green Movement.

With the world's attention focused on the dramatic events of the Arab Spring, Iran continues to make progress on its nuclear program. If the regime succeeds in crossing the nuclear threshold, the implications for the United States and its allies could be profound. But how specifically might Tehran use such