Word: nuclearization
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...this supply-driven nuclear summer, Areva may even be able to profit from its setback in Finland. In an industry where experience is everything, making mistakes first may just help Areva stay...
...Israel’s success, however, does not come without a new and growing risk: preemptive action on a much larger scale. Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor of Israel has claimed “the clock is ticking” on negotiating with Iran about its nuclear program. According to Meridor, the United States and its Western allies have the chance to position Iran to stop its atomic projects, provided they apply the proper political and economic influence...
...What will happen if the traditional Western powers do not halt Iran’s progress in nuclear capability? The answer may lie in the bizarre story of “The Arctic Sea” and an unannounced, clandestine trip by an Israeli head of state to Moscow. Simply put, Israel has proven itself unafraid to take direct, dramatic action to keep Iran in check. If Israel will not hesitate in playing tough with a country as powerful and potentially belligerent as Russia, the West cannot assume it will hesitate to use a similar “shoot first...
Iran's neighbors could play a decisive role in determining whether any sanctions aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear ambitions are effective - and one Iran neighbor from whom the U.S. should expect little support on the issue is Pakistan. Ostensibly Washington's key ally in the troubled region, Pakistan also maintains a longtime (if sometimes fraught) friendship with Tehran. And as President Asif Ali Zardari's government moves to strengthen ties with its neighbor in a bid to enhance Pakistan's economic prospects, Islamabad is keen to sit out the nuclear dispute. While Pakistan insists that it is not actively...
...Pakistan's role in Iran's nuclear development has been more than passive spectator, however; Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan's atom bomb, admitted five years ago that he passed nuclear secrets to Tehran and Libya. The disclosures stung Islamabad and forced then President Pervez Musharraf to act against Khan, before issuing a pardon and confining the proliferator, who is still hailed as a national hero in Pakistan, to house arrest. (See pictures of Pakistan's vulnerable North-West Frontier Province...