“[W]e are… developing a strategy to use all elements of American power to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon." -Barack Obama, Camp LeJeune, N.C., February 27, 2009

In this, our third report on this most serious challenge, we elucidate the outcomes we are likely to face if we do not now act decisively to thwart Iran’s nuclear ambitions. We recognize the difficulties we face in addressing this threat. Any solution requires imagination, resolve and risks. But compared with what will happen when time runs out, the choice cannot be clearer.

Reports and Staff Papers

• Meeting the Challenge: Stopping the Clock, February 1, 2012
• The New IAEA Report: Beyond Weaponization, November 10, 2011
• Iran's Nuclear Program: Status and Breakout Timing (staff paper), September 12, 2011
• Meeting the Challenge: When Time Runs Out, June 23, 2010
• Meeting the Challenge: Time Is Running Out, September 15, 2009
• Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Policy Toward Iranian Nuclear Development, September 19, 2008

Publications and Media Highlights

• Reuters- Group urges credible U.S. military threat to Iran, February 1, 2012
• Al Jazeera- US report urges tougher stance against Iran, February 1, 2012
• The Weekly Standard- Makovsky and Goldstein: The Real Oil Shock, January 8, 2012
• The Washington Post- Makovsky and Misztal: Obama’s Iran policy shifts to containment, December 11, 2011
• The Washington Post- Rademaker and Misztal: The growing threat of Iran’s nuclear program, November 8, 2011
• The Washington Post- Editorial cites BPC study, September 6, 2011
• The Weekly Standard- Makovsky and Goldstein: Iran, Oil, and the Carter Doctrine, August 13, 2010
• The Atlantic - Gen. Chuck Wald on the Threat From Iran, August 12, 2010
• The Washington Post - Robb, Wald: Sanctions alone won't work on Iran, July 9, 2010
• The Washington Post - Coats, Robb, Wald: Last Chance for Iran, September 21, 2009
• Press Release - Time is Running Out” to Prevent Nuclear Iran, September 15, 2009
• The Wall Street Journal - Coats, Robb, Wald: Taking Iran Seriously, September 9, 2009
• The Wall Street Journal - Wald: There Is a Military Option on Iran, August 6, 2009
• The New Republic - Morse and Makovsky: Over a Barrel: Why Congress's sanctions against Iran won't work, May 29, 2009
• Los Angeles Times - Daragahi: Iran begins air-defense drills to protect nuclear sites, November 23, 2009
• C-SPAN radio interview with Senator Charles Robb on Iran, June 29, 2010

Events & Video

• Stopping the Clock on Iran's Nuclear Development, February 1, 2012
• Can a Nuclear Iran be Contained?, June 8, 2010
• Time Is Running Out: What Now for the US and Iran?, November 23, 2009
• Meeting the Challenge: Time Is Running Out, September 15, 2009
• Panel discussion on BPC report: Meeting the Challenge: U.S. Policy toward Iran’s Nuclear Development, February 26, 2009

Testimony

• Michael Makovsky's Testimony to the House Committee on Foreign Relations' Subcommittee Hearing, “Shifting Sands: Political Transitions in the Middle East," April 14, 2011