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Analysis: Devaluing the Dual-Track Approach to Iran 2 Dec 2011 by Andrea Berger
With the ransacking of the British embassy in Tehran, the West has further shrunk its repository of policy options, leaving sanctions as the policy tool of choice. However, while sanctions may slow Iran's forays into the nuclear field, they are unlikely to divert their course entirely. Iran Middle East and North Africa Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues

News: RUSI delegation presents agenda-setting report to high-level Mexican officials 25 Nov 2011 by Elizabeth Deheza
Members of the Climate Change and Security Programme have met high-level officials in Mexico to discuss the findings of a new interim RUSI report. Credited for setting the agenda in the country, the report received praise from various officials including the National Security Advisor to the President of Mexico. Climate Security Global Security Issues Americas

Analysis: VIDEO: Is Russia Threatening Missile Defence 25 Nov 2011 by Dr Igor Sutyagin
On 23 November, Russian President Medvedev made an important address to the Russian people in which he underlined hostility towards European Missile Defence. Is this further evidence of a divergent attitudes towards nuclear security? Russia Europe NATO International Institutions Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues

RUSI Newsbrief: Iskander, Pershing II and Missile Defences: History Repeating 23 Nov 2011 by Dr Igor Sutyagin
Russia continues to oppose the NATO Ballistic Missile Defence, despite the proposed deployment having shifted to southeast Europe, highlighting the continuation of misperceptions, paranoia and propaganda hysteria in Moscow. NATO International Institutions Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues Russia Europe United States Americas

Analysis: Iran's Nuclear Ambitions: A Steady Crawl to Breakout Capability 15 Nov 2011 by Professor Malcolm Chalmers, Andrea Berger
The International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report on Iran describes in unprecedented detail a country moving slowly towards a nuclear weapons option, rather than a bomb itself. This lack of a 'smoking gun' removes military response from the international community's toolbox of policy options. But this is no grounds for complacency. Iran Middle East and North Africa Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues

Analysis: The Complex Triangle - Migration, Security and Environmental Change 11 Nov 2011 by Elizabeth Deheza
The operations of Mexican drug cartels and their spheres of influence could be severely impacted by future environmental changes and the resulting movement of people. Such events will present challenges, and even opportunities, for the most powerful cartels and their criminal networks. Americas Climate Security Global Security Issues

RUSI Journal: British Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles, 1953-78: A Commentary on Technical and Political Drivers 17 Oct 2011
The difficulties involved in determining historical warhead numbers may have lessons for contemporary disarmament efforts Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues History

RUSI Journal: British Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles, 1953-78 17 Oct 2011
New historical research on the size and composition of the British nuclear arsenal Aerospace Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues History

RUSI Journal: Israel and the 2012 Middle East Nuclear Meeting 7 Oct 2011
Israel has little to gain by scuppering a Middle East nuclear meeting, and disarmament efforts much to lose Middle East and North Africa Middle East Peace Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues

RUSI Journal: Minimum Deterrence: Pakistan’s Dilemma 7 Oct 2011
In deterring its larger neighbour, Pakistan faces tough choices in its nuclear posture Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Strategy Global Security Issues Pakistan Central and South Asia India

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