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and Alper Almaz, “Contending Narratives on the Sustainability of Nuclear
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79. Data on Trust in Government is from GovData360, Public Trust in
Politicians; the quote is from a member of a Jordanian non-government
organization as cited by Kane Chen, “Are Jordan’s Nuclear Ambitions a
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80. Imad El-Anis, “Explaining the Behaviour of Small States: An Analysis
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81. See Michael Eisenstadt and Mehdi Khalaji, Nuclear Fatwa: Religion and
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Institute for Near East Policy, 2011), https://www.washingtoninstitute.
org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus115.pdf; and Nazila Fathi,
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York Times, 5 October 2006.
82. Ali Vaez and Karim Sadjadpour, Iran’s Nuclear Odyssey: Costs
and Risks (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International
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lear-odyssey-costs-and-risks-pub-51346.
83. Valdai, Prospects for Nuclear Power in the Middle East: Russia’s Interests (Moscow: Valdai Discussion Club, 2016), p. 58, http://ceness-rus
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84. See Li-Chen Sim, “Economic Diversification in Russia: Nuclear to the
Rescue?,” in Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich
Economies, ed. Sami Mahroum and Yasser Al Saleh (Abingdon, Oxon:
Routledge, 2017); Stanislav Martínek, “Sovereign Wealth Funds: Driving
75. ENEC, National Poll Shows Strong Support for UAE Peaceful Nuclear
Energy Program (Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation, 2018).
76. Charles Digges, “Nuclear Power Wildly Popular in Russia, Independent
issues/2018-04-nuclear-power-wildly-popular-in-russian-independentpoll-shows; Reuters, “South Koreans’ Support for Nuclear Projects Deals
Blow to Government Energy Plan,” 20 October 2017, https://www.reu
ters.com/article/us-southkorea-nuclear/south-koreans-support-for-nuc
lear-projects-deals-blow-to-government-energy-plan-idUSKBN1CP06F.
77. Scott.
78. Nima Gerami, Leadership Divided? The Domestic Politics of Iran’s Nuclear
Debate (Washington, DC: The Washington Institute, 2014), https://
www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/leadership-dividedthe-domestic-politics-of-irans-nuclear-debate; Emre ˙
I¸ seri, Defne Günay,
and Alper Almaz, “Contending Narratives on the Sustainability of Nuclear
Energy in Turkey,” Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space 36,
no. 1 (2018), http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2399654417704199.
79. Data on Trust in Government is from GovData360, Public Trust in
Politicians; the quote is from a member of a Jordanian non-government
organization as cited by Kane Chen, “Are Jordan’s Nuclear Ambitions a
Mirage?,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (16 December 2013), https://
thebulletin.org/2013/12/are-jordans-nuclear-ambitions-a-mirage/.
80. Imad El-Anis, “Explaining the Behaviour of Small States: An Analysis
of Jordan’s Nuclear Energy Policy,” Cambridge Review of International
Affairs 29, no. 2 (2016), http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2015.
1018136.
81. See Michael Eisenstadt and Mehdi Khalaji, Nuclear Fatwa: Religion and
Politics in Iran’s Proliferation Strategy (Washington, DC: The Washington
Institute for Near East Policy, 2011), https://www.washingtoninstitute.
org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyFocus115.pdf; and Nazila Fathi,
“An Old Letter Casts Doubts on Iran’s Goal for Uranium,” The New
York Times, 5 October 2006.
82. Ali Vaez and Karim Sadjadpour, Iran’s Nuclear Odyssey: Costs
and Risks (Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, 2013), https://carnegieendowment.org/2013/04/02/iran-s-nuc
lear-odyssey-costs-and-risks-pub-51346.
83. Valdai, Prospects for Nuclear Power in the Middle East: Russia’s Interests (Moscow: Valdai Discussion Club, 2016), p. 58, http://ceness-rus
sia.org/data/doc/REPORT_ENG_prospectsfornuclearpowerME.pdf.
84. See Li-Chen Sim, “Economic Diversification in Russia: Nuclear to the
Rescue?,” in Economic Diversification Policies in Natural Resource Rich
Economies, ed. Sami Mahroum and Yasser Al Saleh (Abingdon, Oxon:
Routledge, 2017); Stanislav Martínek, “Sovereign Wealth Funds: Driving