Preventing Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East: Is a "Nuclear Free Zone" Possible?

Abstract

Nuclear weapons proliferation issues are of increasing concern in the broader region of the Middle East. Although in late-2OO3 Libya made an affirmative commitment to dismantle all of its programs involving weapons of mass destruction including it nuclear weapons program recent revelations demonstrate the widespread flow of sensitive nuclear technologies materials and weapon designs. There are increased suspicions that Iran has a nuclear weapons development program while Israel has been for some time an undeclared nuclear weapons state. This SRP examines the recent information relating to nuclear proliferation in the Middle East and advocates the establishment of a Nuclear Free Zone for the broader Middle East region.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA424223

Entities

People

  • Abdulmohsen A. Alshatti

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Fissile Materials
  • Fission
  • Geographic Regions
  • International Relations
  • International Security
  • Middle East
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Fuels
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Nuclear Proliferation
  • Nuclear Warheads
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Theater Ballistic Missiles
  • War Colleges
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Physics
  • Political science

Readers

  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design