The Case for a Preventive Doctrine: Confronting Ideological Regimes Before It’s Too Late
In an increasingly volatile international landscape, the question of how the world should respond to ideologically driven regimes pursuing weapons of mass destruction has become a matter of existential urgency. Nowhere is this more evident than in the case of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. While some argue for continued diplomacy and containment, others - particularly in Israel and among those with lived experience under radical theocratic systems - see this as dangerously naïve. The time has come to seriously reevaluate the validity and moral imperative of a preventive doctrine: the notion that it is not only lawful but necessary to act preemptively against regimes that demonstrate both capacity and intent to upend global security norms through ideology-fueled aggression. Iran's uranium enrichment to 60%, as confirmed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is not an ambiguous milestone. It is a critical threshold on the path to weapons-grade uranium, with nuclear experts wid...