by Benjamin Schreer and Asle Toje

published in the Financial Times: 23 October 2003

Non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a crucial part of the draft European Union security strategy, so Tuesday's announcement by Iran that it would suspend its uranium enrichment programme and allow unrestricted inspection of nuclear facilities looks like a powerful vindication of that strategy. Such an upbeat assessment, however, would be premature. Iran's nuclear ambitions could yet be the rock on which it founders.

OCGG Security Briefing No 1 (PDF)