290 L.-C. SIM
18. Russia took over the construction of Bushehr from Siemens after 1979.
Its agreement to fuel Bushehr was premised on the assumption that this
would preclude the need for Iran to create facilities to enrich uranium
domestically; Russia was not keen for neighbouring Iran to develop
nuclear weapons.
19. Cinzia Bianco, Intra-GCC Relations: Between Cooperation and Competition Stands Sovereignty (Istanbul: Al Sharq Forum, 2018), http://
dailysom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Intra-GCC-Relations-Bet
ween-Cooperation-and-Competition-Stands-Sovereignty.pdf.
20. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Author’s Interview with Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin,
Director-General of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
and Former Advisor to the Kuwait National Nuclear Energy Committee
(2019).
21. Ibid.
22. In 2008, the CEO of a consulting group commented that ‘not a
day goes by without talk of a nuclear renaissance’ n.d., Driving
the Nuclear Renaissance—Nuclear Power in Canada (MZ Consulting,
2008), p. 46, http://www.mzconsultinginc.com/NuclearBusinessMZC
article.pdf. For other examples of the nuclear renaissance, see Michael
White, “Brown Calls for Eight New Nuclear Plants,” The Guardian (UK),
14 July 2008, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jul/
14/nuclearpower.gordonbrown; Bob Evans, “The Nuclear Renaissance
Moves Forward,” Power Engineering, 1 December 2008; Michael Sauda,
The Atomic Age Enters a New Dawn, 11 July 2008 ed., Spiegel online.
23. Andrea Gamba, New Energy Sources for Jordan: Macroeconomic Impact
and Policy Considerations (Paris: International Monetary Fund, 2015),
p. 3, https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2015/wp15115.pdf;
JT, “Energy Cost Ratio to GDP Down to 10% Last Year,” The Jordan
Times, 14 January 2017, https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/ene
rgy-cost-ratio-gdp-down-10-last-year.
24. KISR, Kuwait Energy Outlook: Sustaining Prosperity through Strategic
Energy Management (Kuwait City: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Reseach,
2019), p. 35, https://www.undp.org/content/dam/rbas/doc/Energy%
20and%20Environment/KEO_report_English.pdf.
25. Shihab-Eldin.
26. See, examples cited by Stasa Salacanin, “Arab States and Nuclear
Energy: Necessity or Geopolitical Status Symbol?,” The New Arab, 22
August 2018, https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2018/8/22/
nuclear-energy-necessity-or-geopolitical-status-symbol.
27. As noted by Sanam Vakil, Iran and the GCC: Hedging, Pragmatism, and
Opportunism (London: Chatham House, 2018), https://www.chatha
mhouse.org/sites/default/files/publications/research/2018-09-13-iran-
18. Russia took over the construction of Bushehr from Siemens after 1979.
Its agreement to fuel Bushehr was premised on the assumption that this
would preclude the need for Iran to create facilities to enrich uranium
domestically; Russia was not keen for neighbouring Iran to develop
nuclear weapons.
19. Cinzia Bianco, Intra-GCC Relations: Between Cooperation and Competition Stands Sovereignty (Istanbul: Al Sharq Forum, 2018), http://
dailysom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Intra-GCC-Relations-Bet
ween-Cooperation-and-Competition-Stands-Sovereignty.pdf.
20. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, Author’s Interview with Dr Adnan Shihab-Eldin,
Director-General of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences
and Former Advisor to the Kuwait National Nuclear Energy Committee
(2019).
21. Ibid.
22. In 2008, the CEO of a consulting group commented that ‘not a
day goes by without talk of a nuclear renaissance’ n.d., Driving
the Nuclear Renaissance—Nuclear Power in Canada (MZ Consulting,
2008), p. 46, http://www.mzconsultinginc.com/NuclearBusinessMZC
article.pdf. For other examples of the nuclear renaissance, see Michael
White, “Brown Calls for Eight New Nuclear Plants,” The Guardian (UK),
14 July 2008, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/jul/
14/nuclearpower.gordonbrown; Bob Evans, “The Nuclear Renaissance
Moves Forward,” Power Engineering, 1 December 2008; Michael Sauda,
The Atomic Age Enters a New Dawn, 11 July 2008 ed., Spiegel online.
23. Andrea Gamba, New Energy Sources for Jordan: Macroeconomic Impact
and Policy Considerations (Paris: International Monetary Fund, 2015),
p. 3, https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/wp/2015/wp15115.pdf;
JT, “Energy Cost Ratio to GDP Down to 10% Last Year,” The Jordan
Times, 14 January 2017, https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/ene
rgy-cost-ratio-gdp-down-10-last-year.
24. KISR, Kuwait Energy Outlook: Sustaining Prosperity through Strategic
Energy Management (Kuwait City: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Reseach,
2019), p. 35, https://www.undp.org/content/dam/rbas/doc/Energy%
20and%20Environment/KEO_report_English.pdf.
25. Shihab-Eldin.
26. See, examples cited by Stasa Salacanin, “Arab States and Nuclear
Energy: Necessity or Geopolitical Status Symbol?,” The New Arab, 22
August 2018, https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/indepth/2018/8/22/
nuclear-energy-necessity-or-geopolitical-status-symbol.
27. As noted by Sanam Vakil, Iran and the GCC: Hedging, Pragmatism, and
Opportunism (London: Chatham House, 2018), https://www.chatha
mhouse.org/sites/default/files/publications/research/2018-09-13-iran-