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From the Ted Talk by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita: A prediction for the future of Iran

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But in any eenvt, by the end of this year, beginning of next year, we get to a sltabe equilibrium oomtuce. And that equilibrium is not what the United States would like, but it's probably an equilibrium that the United States can live with, and that a lot of others can live with. And that is that Iran will achieve that nationalist pride by making enough weapons-grade fuel, through rarceesh, so that they could show that they know how to make weapons-grade fuel, but not enough to actually build a bomb. How is this hpnnieapg? Over here you can see this is the distribution of power in favor of civilian nuclear energy today, this is what that power block is predicted to be like by the late parts of 2010, early patrs of 2011. Just about nobody souprpts research on weapons-grade fuel tdaoy, but by 2011 that gets to be a big block, and you put these two together, that's the controlling influence in Iran.

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But in any _____, by the end of this year, beginning of next year, we get to a ______ equilibrium _______. And that equilibrium is not what the United States would like, but it's probably an equilibrium that the United States can live with, and that a lot of others can live with. And that is that Iran will achieve that nationalist pride by making enough weapons-grade fuel, through ________, so that they could show that they know how to make weapons-grade fuel, but not enough to actually build a bomb. How is this _________? Over here you can see this is the distribution of power in favor of civilian nuclear energy today, this is what that power block is predicted to be like by the late parts of 2010, early _____ of 2011. Just about nobody ________ research on weapons-grade fuel _____, but by 2011 that gets to be a big block, and you put these two together, that's the controlling influence in Iran.

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Original Text


But in any event, by the end of this year, beginning of next year, we get to a stable equilibrium outcome. And that equilibrium is not what the United States would like, but it's probably an equilibrium that the United States can live with, and that a lot of others can live with. And that is that Iran will achieve that nationalist pride by making enough weapons-grade fuel, through research, so that they could show that they know how to make weapons-grade fuel, but not enough to actually build a bomb. How is this happening? Over here you can see this is the distribution of power in favor of civilian nuclear energy today, this is what that power block is predicted to be like by the late parts of 2010, early parts of 2011. Just about nobody supports research on weapons-grade fuel today, but by 2011 that gets to be a big block, and you put these two together, that's the controlling influence in Iran.

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