In April, 2009, President Barack Obama affirmed America's intention to seek the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons and stated his intention to organize a Global Summit on Nuclear Security within the coming year. Less than a month earlier, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the five nuclear-weapon states recognized by the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT), or the so-called P-5 countries, to play a leadership ...
Faced with continuing uncertainties about Iran's nuclear weapon ambitions, reassurance and deterrence have figured prominently in our discussions of Gulf and wider Middle East security. During this workshop, presentations also have addressed what may yet be done in an attempt to influence Iran's nuclear weapons calculus as talks begin between the P-5 + 1 and Iran. My presentation seeks to address issues of strategic reassurance if Iran crosses the nuclear ...
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