Eugen BANCHES INPRO Project (International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles) was started in 2000 by the IAEA Member States (MS) and International Organizations (IO) interested in contributing to the development of innovative nuclear reactors and fuel cycles, proliferation … [Read more...]
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Competitiveness and Renewable Energy Cost on International Trade
This paper aims to compare the cost of renewable energy to conventional energy sources in production. It is argued that advantage in cost of production would support competitiveness of Turkish manufacturing industry in international trade. In this paper an export model has been developed to forecast … [Read more...]
Pakistan and Israel: Nuclear Confrontation?
Geoffrey COOK This is a highly evolving study that will change. Therefore, legal free use is granted with the proviso that the author be contacted for quotations or citations in case the conclusions are revised through subsequent research. This Introduction is the outline of my objectives and … [Read more...]
Obama Policy Towards Iran
Beniamin POGHOSYAN The US - Iran relations and, in particular, the Iranian nuclear program, are among the top foreign policy priorities of the Obama administration. The attention paid by the US current administration to Iran is occasioned by the Iranian influence in the Middle East, the Iranian … [Read more...]
Armamentul nuclear al Chinei – o ameninţare?
Elena Maria Olga RACU Is P.R. of China nuclear armament a threat to international peace, or not? Taking into account several points of view, such as China principal no-first-use policy regarding nuclear weapons, China implication in several international organizations and an active role in the … [Read more...]
Nemesis: Oil and Missiles in the 21st Century
David L O HAYWARD ”The country that faced down the tyranny of fascism and communism is now called to challenged the tyranny of oil” Barack Obama, Detroit Economic Club, May 2007 Strangulation of the ‘umbilical cord’, our essential global oil supply conduit from the Arabian Gulf to major … [Read more...]
Armele nucleare şi terorismul
Maricel ANTIPA Preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to terrorists and additional states is a fundamental priority for national and international security, and anticipating how nuclear weapons could spread is vital to developing effective non-proliferation strategies. The war in Afghanistan … [Read more...]
Submarinele cu propulsie nucleară – element definitoriu pentru puterile navale majore şi factor determinant în configurarea ecuaţiilor geostrategice ale viitorului
Romulus HÂLDAN Nuclear-powered submarines is the main factor of force in defining the major naval powers, causing the expansion of the areas of action and thus of strategic threat or strategic deterrent. In this century, no geostrategic equation, involving the major powers may not be credible … [Read more...]
Transformation of Sino-Russian Military-Technical Cooperation Model
Elena KOLOMINA This article's purpose is to outline the milestones and key characteristics of transformation of Sino-Russian cooperation in the realm of military procurements. The development of military-technical relationship of the two countries has been somewhat contradictory. After one and a … [Read more...]
Grand Strategy and Nuclear Weapons: a Historical and Political Perspective under the Concepts of Arms Control and Disarmament
George VOSKOPOULOS A historical analysis of nuclear weapons as opposed to the efforts to impose an arms control regime of impose disarmament clearly illustrates the links between national security and the political aims of acquiring weapons. Arms control efforts have faced the descriptive realities … [Read more...]