Iran's nuclear program : realities and repercussions.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Markaz al-Imārāt lil-Dirāsāt wa-al-Buḥūth al-Istirātījīyah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear arms control--Verification--Iran.

Nuclear arms control.

Nuclear weapons--Iran.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear arms control--Verification.

Iran.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 177 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abu Dhabi : Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, 2006.

Summary:

International suspicion surrounding Iran's nuclear activities was first aroused in the late 1980s and early 1990s. However, it was not until the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) launched an intensive investigation into the Iranian nuclear program in 2002, that it was revealed that Iran had enriched uranium and separated plutonium in undeclared facilities in the absence of IAEA safeguards. In January 2006, Iran began to ignore limitations on nuclear fuel cycle activities yet again, in defiance of the broad opinion of the international community and despite both offers of assistance and the threat of sanctions.

To discuss the issue of Iran's nuclear program and its possible future repercussions on regional and global security, the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) hosted a symposium entitled Iran's Nuclear Program: Realities and Repercussions, in Abu Dhabi on February 26, 2006. Visiting experts were invited to share their views on the Iranian nuclear program, its likely development and the extent to which the potential threat of nuclear weapons could destabilize the Arabian Gulf and the broader Middle East region. This volume represents a valuable collection of these expert views, covering Iran's current nuclear capability and its potential to develop atomic weapons; developments in Iran's nuclear program since the 2005 Iranian presidential elections; Israeli foreign policy in relation to Iran; the potential impact of any Iranian nuclear program on GCC security; and the possibility of military action against Iran. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: Iran's nuclear activities : issues and implications

Iran's nuclear capability and potential to develop atomic weapons / John Simpson

Iran's nuclear program after the 2005 elections / George Perkovich

Iran's nuclear program: impact on the security of the GCC / James Noyes

Israel and the strategic implications of an Iranian nuclear weapons option / Geoffrey Aronson

Bombing Iran: is it avoidable? / Sverre Lodgaard.

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held in Abu Dhabi, February 26, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-163) and index.

ISBN:

9948008472

9789948008477

9948008480

9789948008484

OCLC:

84735114

Publisher Number:

9789948008477 (hbk)

9789948008484 (pbk)

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