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POLITICS: What if Iran Suspends? A Western Dilemma
As the Feb. 21 deadline for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment programme fast approaches, both Iran and the West are scrambling to prepare themselves for all possible moves by the other side.POLITICS-US: Mideast Strategy Increasingly Targets Iran
Six months after last summer's war between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, Iran has become the George W. Bush administration's "Public Enemy Number One", against which its Middle East strategy is increasingly focused, according to one of the U.S.'s leading experts on the Gulf.POLITICS: U.S., Iranian Publics Not So Different
The people of Iran and the United States share many of the same hopes and fears about global problems but remain deeply distrustful of each other's government, according to a major survey of public opinion in both countries released here Wednesday.US/IRAN: Ahmadinejad Feels Economic Heat
The arrests by a U.S. military unit of six Iranians in Erbil, Iraq and several others in Baghdad earlier this month indicate the deployment of a new strategy against Iran's hardliner government.POLITICS: Doomsday Clock Ticking Faster – in Asia
The Chicago-based ‘Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ (BAS) has moved the minute hand of the legendary Doomsday Clock forward by two minutes to show that the world is now only five minutes away from the ultimate catastrophe, or the end of civilisation, symbolically represented by the midnight hour.JAPAN: Powering Ahead on Nuclear Technology
Rapidly growing energy needs in the world coupled with a warm winter season, attributed to global warming, have boosted Japan's nuclear power sector especially the export of nuclear technology to other countries, say experts here.POLITICS: Bush’s New Iran Policy – No Evidence for IED Charge
For 18 months now, the George W. Bush administration has periodically raised the charge that Iran is supplying anti-coalition forces in Iraq with arms.POLITICS: Bush’s New Iran Policy – War Plan or Propaganda?
President George W. Bush's seemingly aggressive Iran policy of taking direct action against alleged Iranian "networks" involved in attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, combined with the deployment of a second carrier group off Iran's coast, triggered speculation that it is related to a plan for an attack.POLITICS: Bush's Iraq Plan – Goading Iran into War
President George W. Bush's address on Iraq Wednesday night was less about Iraq than about its eastern neighbour, Iran. There was little new about the U.S.'s strategy in Iraq, but on Iran, the president spelled out a plan that appears to be aimed at goading Iran into war with the U.S.POLITICS-CHINA: Playing Honest Broker to Iran, Israel
Amid sensational reports that Israel might be prepared to use nuclear tactical strikes to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, China has been cast in the uncustomary role of Middle East conflicts negotiator over the last two weeks, hosting leaders from both nations.POLITICS-IRAN: Ratcheting up the Nuclear Ante
The stunning story by the London ‘Sunday Times' alleging that Israel has drawn up plans to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities with nuclear weapons has focused attention on the growing global nuclear danger and on the worsening situation in the Middle East.POLITICS-IRAN: Defiant but Weighing the Cost of UN Sanctions
While the world awaits a response to resolution 1737 passed by the U.N. Security Council, Iranian officials are defiantly calling for a review of Iran's subscription to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), if the country is ‘threatened'.CHALLENGES 2006-2007: Nuclear Disarmament Gets Critical
If prospects for nuclear weapons reduction took a turn for the worse in 2006 the New Year holds out little hope for containing proliferation.POLITICS: Five U.N. Powers Reach Compromise to Penalise Iran
Tensions between Iran and Western powers rose to new heights Saturday as the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution imposing sanctions on the Islamic Republic for its nuclear activities.CHALLENGES 2006-2007: A Bad Year for Empire
For those who believed that the precise and overwhelming demonstration of U.S. military power in Afghanistan and Iran would "shock and awe" the rest of the world - and particularly Washington's foes and aspiring rivals - into accepting its benevolent hegemony, 2006 was not a good year.POLITICS: Blair’s Mideast Message Echoes Past Failure
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has been touring the Middle East with one clear message - to make peace in the Middle East, Iran must be isolated.POLITICS-US: Holy Warriors Set Sights on Iran
Over the past 20 years, the U.S. Christian right has evolved into one of the most powerful grassroots organising forces within the Republican Party, and a host of Christian Zionists have taken a well-earned seat at the foreign policy table.POLITICS: India Split Over US Nuke Deal
While President George W. Bush has signed into law new legislation passed by Congress to enable the controversial U.S.-India nuclear cooperation deal, the agreement has come under flak in India's Parliament and a massive confrontation has broken out between its supporters and opponents.ASIA: Japan, India Set to Forge New Regional Order
Fledgling bilateral relations between Japan, Asia's powerhouse, and India, a major player in the region, are reckoned to have received a boost as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's four-day visit here winds up on Friday.POLITICS-US: Losing Arab Allies’ Hearts and Minds
Attitudes towards the United States reached new lows through most of the Arab world over the past year, according to the findings of a major new survey of five Arab countries released here Thursday by Zogby International and the Arab American Institute (AAI).POLITICS: Indo-US Nuclear Deal Through – Pleases Few
One and a half years after it was initialled, the nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and India has received highly qualified approval from U.S. Congress.« Previous Page — Next Page »
At first it was the United States. Then came Russia, China, Britain and France. Everyone wanted their own atomic bombs and atomic energy. While Israel quietly nurtured its nuclear programme, in Asia, rivals India and Pakistan, and most recently North Korea, joined the global nuclear club. Are nuclear weapons stockpiles adequately safeguarded? Is nuclear energy worth the risk? Read IPS.
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