Obama’s phased adaptive approach for missile defense will improve the security situation in Europe but could cause strategic problems with Russia.
Saudi Arabia
Iran Update: Number 140
- Iran announces it will enrich uranium to higher level
- New concerns about Iran's intentions, capabilities
- IAEA Report continues to raise
Iran Update: Number 139
- Tehran continues to reject IAEA proposal; offers alternative version
- Iran announces production of new model centrifuges; reportedly s
The Iranian nuclear crisis: a risk assessment
Sir John Thomson argues that the Western approach to Tehran, currently led by the Bush Administration, is unlikely to halt Iran's uranium enrichment program, and may even contribute to the worst case scenarios: a war with Iran and an Iranian nuclear weapon. He concludes by surveying three options for the nuclear program: “mothballing,” “pilot plant,” and “multilateral enrichment facility.”
Oceans of Work: Arms Conversion Revisited
In 1987, The Barrow Alternative Employment Committee argued for UK marine civil engineering opportunities, rather than nuclear submarine production, for its skilled local workforce.