Books by Ilan Berman

Tehran Rising Iran's Challenge to the United States by Ilan Berman Rowman & Littlefield, 2005. 240 pp. $24.95 September 25, 2005 Reviews: Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register  •  Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer  •  Peter Hannaford, Weekly Standard  •  James S. Robbins, National Review Online  •  Richard Weitz, The National Interest

Today, Iran constitutes the single greatest challenge to the United States and the War on Terror. In the Persian Gulf and Central Asia, Iranian policymakers are busy cobbling together alliances intended to marginalize the United States and its Coalition allies. Iran remains the world's most active sponsor of terrorism, fueling the activities of Hezbollah, al-Qaeda, and insurgents in Iraq. And, through its nuclear advances, Iran is gaining the capability to catastrophically alter the geopolitical balance of power far beyond its immediate neighborhood.

As evidence of this threat mounts, one thing remains crystal clear to Ilan Berman: "Washington is woefully unprepared to deal with this mounting peril." Berman's approach is hard-hitting, provocative and unflinchingly critical. Yet he takes the exploration of Iran's menace one step further, providing what has been missing so far in the foreign policy discourse regarding Iran -- practical policy prescriptions designed to contain Iran's strategic ambitions.