about Syria

1. CRITICAL ISSUES FORUM 2011
SYRIA: ISN’T IT THE SECOND IRAQ?
The author:
Anastasia Mikhailina
The adviser:
Yulia Shcherbakova
Comprehensive School
№216 “Didakt”, Zarechny, Russia
Monterey, 2011

2. “History repeats”
Thucydides
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A
4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Th
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3. SAFEGUARDS
Nonproliferation
policy Export
Control
Staff
Control

4. Nuclear Program
Peacef Military
ul

5. When did the Gulf War finish?
1973
1988
1991
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/
0401/02-hist-08.html

6. Can Syria repeat the history of
Iraq and develop its own secret
Nuclear Program?

7. When did Syria sign the NPT?
1976
1968
1960
http://www.ippnw-
students.org/NPT/oped.html

8. The Syrian Atomic Energy
Commission
The main goal:
to analyze the possibility
of nuclear power plant
creation
The negotiations with:
France
Argentina
http://www.aec.org.sy/index_a.php Russia

9. What state supplied Syria with a miniature source
reactor?
 China
 Russia
 The USA
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L
-3726884,00.html

10. The Syrian Nuclear Program:
3 exploration and mining units
1 uranium recovery plant
1 fuel storage facility
1 research reactor
3 research and development centers
1 waste management and reprocessing unit
1 education and training facility (at
Damascus University) [8]

11. D o e s S yr i a h a v e a n y
possibility for the
development of a nuclear
program?
The absence of The issue of
uranium military nuclear
enrichment unit program creation
as the necessary actively
element of NW discussed in the
production world

12. What Middle East country is in the
confrontation with Syria?
Libya
Israel
Iraq
http://maarbolet.dreamwidth.org/
362954.html
http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/ruwiki
/630396

13. SY R I A N P U B L I C O P I N I O N 2 0 07
If Israel
withdraws in full 7,90% Strongly favor
from the Golan 5,50%
and recognizes Strongly oppose
Syrian 6%
sovereignty 34.60% Somewhat favor
over the
Golan, do you Somewhat
16%
favor or oppose oppose
a peace treaty Refused
between Syria
and Israel? 30%
Don't know
[9]

14. WHY MAY SYRIA BE MOTIVATED TO THE NW
PRODUCTION?
Possible reasons
Resistance
to the A An indicator
aggression psychologica of prestige in
of other l barrier the world
states

15. Does Syria possess any financial
means for the nuclear program
development?
Independently With support
• The reduction of • Probable
Syrian economic investments
growth to 1.8%[10]
• No • Yes

16. What country in the Middle East is the Syrian
ally in the nuclear sphere?
The UAE
Israel
Iran
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.ph
p?storyId=12635901

17. What Asian country is suspected in secret
collaboration with Syria?
China
NorthKorea
Japan
http://pensardelado.wordpress.com/

18. Syria is the member
of the IAEA
Syria has signed the
NPT
Syria has not signed
the Additional
Protocol

19. What is the Syrian position about the
suspected facilities?
Syria has remained silent since 2008.
 It has not produced any evidence of Al-Kibar‟s
non-nuclear purpose
the IAEA experts has not got the access to the
territory of the facilities
The facts do not give us an opportunity to eliminate the
connection between the Syrian units and nuclear
program

20. Will Syria repeat the history
of Iraq?

21. http://theuniversalentrepreneur.tumblr.com/
Time
will
show…

22. SOURCES:
1. Ahtamzyan I.A., Bondarev V.M., Vildanov M.P. and others Nuclear Nonproliferation. Short encyclopedia. (Moscow:
ROSSPEN, 2009)
2. “File:Flag-map of Syria.svg “ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag-map_of_Syria.svg
3. “The great people‟s quotations” http://www.epwr.ru/quotation/txt_467_2.php
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8. “Syria Profile: Nuclear Facilities.” NTI: Research Library: Country Profiles.
http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/Syria/Nuclear/facilities.html
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38.jpg
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43.jpg
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04.jpg
16. http://news.webshots.com/photo/2030653240028137981KJLOyD
17. “The Basic Points of the IAEA report about Syria” 25/11/2008 AtomInfo.ru http://www.atominfo.ru/news/air5440.htm
18. Albright D. and Brannan P.“ISIS Reports. Satellite Image Shows Suspected Uranium Conversion Plant in Syria” 23/02/2011
http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/satellite-image-shows-suspected-uranium-conversion-plant-in-syria1/
19. Albright D. and Brannan P.“ISIS Reports. Satellite Image Shows Syrian Site Functionally Related to Al Kibar Reactor 01/12/2010
http://isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/satellite-image-shows-syrian-site-functionally-related-to-al-kibar-reactor/
20. The IAEA Report by the Director General. Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic. Board
of Governors. 25/02/2011

23. Thank you for
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