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Energy Security and Strategic Ambition: Evaluating the UAE’s Nuclear Journey

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Energy Security and Strategic Ambition: Evaluating the UAE’s Nuclear Journey

Tahir Mahmood Azad0 Comments

When the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant began delivering electricity to the national grid in 2021, it marked more than a technical achievement. It signalled a strategic reorientation in how the…

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131 Micro Reactors: Reliable Energy and National Security

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131 Micro Reactors: Reliable Energy and National Security

James Petrosky & Curtis McGiffin0 Comments

What if the key to future battlefield dominance isn’t a weapon… but a reactor? In this electrifying episode, the NIDS crew pull back the curtain on one of the most…

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The Pros and Cons of Nuclear Participation in the Pacific

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The Pros and Cons of Nuclear Participation in the Pacific

Joe Buff0 Comments

Recently, Japan and South Korea began discussing the need for their own indigenous nuclear arsenals. Either or both might yet decide in favor of fielding their own nuclear forces. Australia…

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