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It is here that one approaches the crux of the matter: Such an optimistic reading relies on the problematic belief in a preestablished harmony between the global spread of multi-party [[Western democracy]] and the [[economy|economic]] and [[geopolitics|geopolitical]] interests of the [[United States]]. It is precisely because this harmony can in no way be taken for granted that countries like Iran should possess [[nuclear arms]] to constrain the [[global]] [[hegemony]] of the United States.
==Source==
* [[Give Iranian Nukes a Chance|Give Iranian Nukes a Chance: In a Mad World, the Logic of MAD Still Works]]. ''In These Times''. August 11, 2005. <http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2280/>. Also listed on ''Lacan.com''. <http://www.lacan.com/zizekiranian.htm>.
[[Category:Articles by Slavoj Žižek]]
