Strategic Studies Quarterly

Abstract Abstract Since the beginning of the Iranian nuclear dispute, China has been one of the influential actors in this quarrel. Therefore, understanding the policy of the country about this conflict is an important matter. This essay deals with this subject. Its main argument is that China's need to both: innovative technologies and economic markets of America's, and the Iran's energy and its geopolitical and geostrategic position. In such condition, China in its policies regarding the conflict, try to balancing the demands of main parties of this dispute.

Abstract This article tries to review USA’s main strategy to encounter with Iranian nuclear dispute, its means and its prospect. Authors argue that nuclear rollback is USA’s main strategy in Iranian nuclear dispute. Diplomacy, sanction, deterrence, containment, threat of military attack, and sabotage are the most important instruments of this strategy. Recent increase of pressures and threats against Iran and emphasizing od rejection of nuclear Iran, shows that USA is serious in nuclear rollback strategy to convince Iran to give up its nuclear program.