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Some time in the coming decade, Iran will probably acquire nuclear weapons or the capacity to quickly produce them. This monograph provides a midterm strategy for dealing with Iran that neither begins nor ends at the point at which Tehran acquires a nuclear weapon capability. It proposes an approach that neither acquiesces to a nuclear-armed Iran nor refuses to admit the possibility--indeed, the likelihood--of this occurring.

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Désarmement nucléaire --- Nucleaire ontwapening --- Nuclear disarmament --- E-books --- Security, International. --- Sécurité internationale --- Disarmament. --- Désarmement --- Nuclear weapons. --- Armes nucléaires

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Over the past decade, the impending environmental crisis has given birth to an international consensus on the need to address climate change, accompanied by a renewed interest in carbon emissions, energy consumption and energy production. Many Western countries are now set to transition towards a low-carbon economic structure. Energy choices have become, now and more than ever, highly critical questions due to their fundamentally political, strategic, geopolitical, economic, social and cultural impacts. Since the mid-2000s, the British government has been actively involved in reforming the country's energy strategy by encouraging the development of renewables and promoting the revival of the national nuclear industry, which had laid almost dormant until then. Seeing the UK government take back control of its energy strategy represented a rather bold and surprising political move, given the neoliberal dynamics which had spread in the energy sector during the privatisation era of the 1980s and1990s. There are currently about seventy reactors under construction in the world; yet, the British programme is the only one building nuclear reactors (Hinkley Point C) in a liberalised energy market. Consequently, many doubts were raised on the ability of the government to reshape the country's energy mix through the revival of nuclear power, an industry historically blighted by financial difficulties and its controversial legacy. Nuclear Power Policies in Britain analyses the UK state's capacity to shape energy decision-making using a diverse toolbox of political instruments ranging from legislative, regulatory and communication levers to financial incentives. This case study determines how the current UK public policy on nuclear energy has been debated, legitimised, negotiated and implemented within the constraints of a neoliberal environment. By taking a holistic approach to the nuclear venture, it offers valuable insight on the British approach to energy policy-making and contributes to redefining the country's 'technopolitical regime' in this day and age.

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This paper provides background to the others in this volume, including the way in which the analyses of contributors relate to one another, and to the broader theme of disarmament as humanitarian action.

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Since suspicions arose six years ago about the military intentions behind Iran’s nuclear programme, an international coalition led by the United States has tried in vain to pressure, entice and threaten the Islamic Republic into halting uranium enrichment and reprocessing. Today, the issue has become a symbol of national independence in Iran. And the Islamic Republic is further advanced in terms of its potential capability for developing a nuclear bomb. It has also acquired a pivotal position with regard to all the major conflicts in the region – from the future stability of Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This paper urges Western governments to consider the alternatives approaches of cooperation, détente and even partnership as the basis for addressing nuclear concerns, as well as Iran’s growing influence on the entire region. Such a change in policy would require courage and patience, and the results are by no means certain. But while cooperation may not diminish Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a change in approach could bring results in important areas beyond the nuclear issue. The risks of such a strategy, it is argued, are not so great as to mitigate against taking this opportunity while there is still time. Should Iran nevertheless obtain nuclear weapons in a decade’s time, deterrence, containment and détante would still be effective options. Until such a time, the chance to involve Iran in efforts to bring stability to the region should not be squandered.

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