- PII
- S268667300000491-0-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S0000491-0-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue 3 (567)
- Pages
- 68-83
- Abstract
- Canada''s policy on non-proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Middle East has a certain history and an agenda. Canada made efforts to sale its reactors "CANDU" to countries of the region during the cold war. In 1990s the most important issue for Canada in the region was Israel''s nuclear weapons and related with it problems of establishing a zone without of weapons of mass destruction in the region. Canada''s position on the Iranian nuclear crisis was based on several factors: influence of main ally - the USA, a low level of economic ties with Iran and pro-Israel Canadian foreign policy in the Middle East under prime minister Stephen Harper. Canada''s attitude to Iran and its nuclear program was rigid even in comparison with the USA. In spite of uncompromising approach towards Iran''s nuclear program in the 2000s, Canada''s position on nuclear potential of the region is becoming more nuanced. Canada refuses to help Saudi Arabia to construct nuclear reactors, but at the same time is trying to sell its reactors to Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. At the same time Canada''s attitude to Israel''s nuclear weapons became more tolerant.
- Keywords
- Canada; Iran’s nuclear program, Middle East, Canadian foreign policy, non-proliferation of nuclear weapons
- Date of publication
- 09.03.2017
- Year of publication
- 2017
- Number of purchasers
- 4
- Views
- 1152
RAS Global AffairsСША & Канада: экономика – политика – культура USA & Canada: Economics – Politics – Culture
- ISSN (Print) 26866730
- ISSN (Online) 3034-6045
CANADA AND PROBLEMS OF NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
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