Abstract Some officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran have recently renewed threats to close or exercise control over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s threats…
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Abstract Some 15 million barrels of oil â more than 18% of daily worldwide oil demand â transit the Strait of Hormuz each day. Many…
Abstract Scrambling a fighter jet from Qatar or the UAE to Iran, for example, only takes several minutes. […] the United States will continue to…
Abstract The Islamic Republic of Iran, a resource-rich and labor-rich country in the Middle East, is a central focus of U.S. national security policy. The…
Abstract This paper briefly describes the historical and domestic energy context in which the Chinese nuclear energy program has been developing in recent years. This…
From the publisher: Opinion polls show that public support for nuclear power has declined since the Fukushima crisis began, not only in Japan but also in…
From the publisher: As of December 1, 2013, a total of 429 nuclear reactors were considered operational in 31 countries. The nuclear industry is in decline,…
From the publisher: At the same time as major powers are saying that they want to rein in nuclear proliferation, they are offering both nuclear energy…
From the publisher: In 1966, a group of scientists studied the possible use of nuclear weapons in Vietnam. Here’s why their report advised against it.
From the publisher: When and why do states transfer nuclear technology, materials, and knowledge to other states for peaceful purposes? This question is important given the…
Abstract Dictated and driven to a significant extent by the changing dynamics of the knowledge–power equation, regional constructions are devised and propagated for a range…
Abstract The Indian Ocean has received new attention in recent years because of its economic and strategic importance. The region is seen as a theatre…
Abstract Beginning in late 2011, successive US defence policy documents and official pronouncements explicitly depicted American strategy in Asia in Indo–Pacific terms. Secretary of State…
Abstract Since the end of the 1960s and the 1970s, the Indian Ocean and its bordering states have been of growing significance in world geopolitics…
Abstract The thesis of this paper is that maritime security, or at least the ‘opposition’ of sea and land power, is one of the key…
