This Adelphi Paper will explain how Iran’s nuclear programme developed to the point where it threatens to achieve a weapons capability within a short timeframe, and will analyse the Western policy responses aimed at forestalling that capability. In examining Iran’s prospects for nuclear-weapons breakout, the paper will also weigh policy options for keeping this capability latent and not actualised. Key questions will be addressed – will the world have to accept an Iranian uranium enrichment programme? And how we will know when Iran has crossed the threshold?
This Adelphi Paper will explain how Iran’s nuclear programme developed to the point where it threatens to achieve a weapons capability within a s...
Pakistan's nuclear arsenal - the fastest growing in the world - raises concerns on many grounds. Although far from the scale of the Cold War, South Asia is experiencing a strategic arms race. And the more weapons there are, the more potential for theft, sabotage and nuclear terrorism. Worries that Pakistan's nuclear-weapons technology might again be transferred to nuclear aspirants have not been expunged. Being outside the nuclear club makes it harder to ensure nuclear safety. Of gravest concern is the potential for a nuclear war, triggered by another large-scale terrorist attack in India...
Pakistan's nuclear arsenal - the fastest growing in the world - raises concerns on many grounds. Although far from the scale of the Cold War, South...
If the nuclear weapons club were to further expand, would America's democratic allies in Northeast Asia be among the next entrants? Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all have robust civilian nuclear energy programmes that make them 'virtual nuclear powers' according to many analysts. All three once pursued nuclear weapons and all face growing security threats from nuclear-armed adversaries. But will they - or rather, under what circumstances might they?
This book analyses these past nuclear pursuits and current proliferation drivers. In explaining the nuclear technology that the...
If the nuclear weapons club were to further expand, would America's democratic allies in Northeast Asia be among the next entrants? Japan, ...
Pakistan�s nuclear arsenal � the fastest growing in the world � raises concerns on many grounds. Although far from the scale of the Cold War, South Asia is experiencing a strategic arms race. And the more weapons there are, the more potential for theft, sabotage and nuclear terrorism. Worries that Pakistan�s nuclear-weapons technology might again be transferred to nuclear aspirants have not been expunged. Being outside the nuclear club makes it harder to ensure nuclear safety. Of gravest concern is the potential for a nuclear war, triggered by another large-scale terrorist attack in...
Pakistan�s nuclear arsenal � the fastest growing in the world � raises concerns on many grounds. Although far from the scale of the Cold War, So...
