Nuclear Programmes in the Middle East: In the shadow of Iran - Press Coverage

21 May 2008 - - Guardian - Middle East in nuclear race to match Iran The IISS report, Nuclear Programmes in the Middle East - In the Shadow of Iran, said the proliferation threat is "real but not imminent". There are still financial and technical obstacles to building nuclear reactors, and not necessarily a direct link between building civilian reactors and making bombs. However, the motivation was in almost all cases driven by strategic goals rather than energy requirements, the report concluded.
21 May 2008 - - Daily Telegraph - A nuclear future looms in the Middle East The danger lies in where all this could lead. A new report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies argues that Iran has caused this sudden upsurge of interest in nuclear power generation in the Middle East. All of these new programmes began in the 11 months after Feb 2006. This was the period when Iran began enriching uranium in defiance of the United Nations, embarking on a highly sensitive process which could be used to manufacture the essential material for a nuclear...
21 May 2008 - - New York Sun - White House Denies Report Of U.S. Plans for Iran Attack But the Sunni Arab states, not to mention America's European allies, are increasingly worried that a nuclear Iran could destabilize the Middle East. Yesterday Britain's International Institute for Strategic Studies said 13 Middle Eastern countries have begun to pursue nuclear energy programs since Iran's decision in 2006 to spin its uranium centrifuges. The report warns of a "cascade of proliferation" in the region if Iran continues to enrich uranium in violation of the international...
21 May 2008 - - Press TV - IISS: Israel has sizeable N-arsenal The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has affirmed in a report that Israel has a 'sizeable' nuclear arsenal.
21 May 08 - - Press Trust of India - Iran sparks N-race in Middle East: Report Though all the proposed nuclear programmes are civilian schemes to generate electricity, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) said in its report that they were acting ''in the shadow of Iran'' and preparing for Tehran's possible entry into the nuclear weapons club.
20 May 2008 - - Investor's Business Daily - Nuclear Epidemic A new report from London's International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) finds that from February of 2006 to January of last year at least 13 Middle East countries either began to consider producing nuclear power or restarted their own dormant nuclear programs. "Nuclear Programs in the Middle East: In the Shadow of Iran" concludes that the aim is to counter-balance Iran.

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