New Publications on Iran from Scholar Google

I did a search on recent academic publications on Iran using scholar google, these are some of them, the third one is downloadable directly:

THE ECONOMICS OF ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FOR IRAN
Authors : Thomas W. Wood, Matthew D. Milazzo, Barbara A. Reichmuth, Jeffrey Bedell
The Nonproliferation Review, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract: Iran has pursued an ambitious nuclear program with the declared goal of long-term energy independence. While this is a worthwhile and generally accepted national planning objective, it is clear that Iran's nuclear program as now structured will not achieve this goal, and in fact may delay it by diverting capital and other resources from projects that would address pressing current energy sector problems and contribute to ultimate energy independence for Iran.
Keywords: Energy economics

Prospects of nuclear power plants for sustainable energy development in Islamic Republic of Iran
Author: Amir Hossien Ghorashia Energy Policy, 2007 – Elsevier Available online 30 June 2006.

Abstract: This paper presents the feasible contributive share of electricity generation from each energy resources. This includes the economical feasibilities and all demographic projections involved in forecasting methodology, which explicitly reflect on overall national power demand projection in the Energy prospects of Islamic Republic of Iran till 2033. The Energy demand and reliability are presented with a view to elaborate on significant role and required capacity of Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) towards fulfillment of an energy mix policy in the country.
Keywords: Iran; NPP; Prospects

The role of environmental NGOs in protection Zayanderood River in Isfahan
The PDF file is downloadable from: International NGO Journal, 2007
Keywords: Iran; NGO, Environment

Graduation

For all who discovered formatting is as important as dissertation defense itself!

From http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=840

A Former British Ambassodor Speaks

This is an interesting piece by Craig Murray former British Ambassador to Central Asia:

http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/

" Let me quote, for example, from that well known far left source Stars and Stripes magazine, October 24 2006.
'Bumping into the Iranians can’t be helped in the northern Persian Gulf, where the lines between Iraqi and Iranian territorial water are blurred, officials said.
"No maritime border has been agreed upon by the two countries," Lockwood said.'That is Royal Australian Navy Commodore Peter Lockwood. He is the Commander of the Combined Task Force in the Northern Persian Gulf.
I might even know something about it myself, having been Head of the Maritime Section of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1989 to 1992, and having been personally responsible in the Embargo Surveillance Centre for getting individual real time clearance for the Royal Navy to board specific vessels in these waters. "

BBC Report on Iran

Interesting piece:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6501459.stm

Oil Price: $66

Nice report from Bloomberg:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=avCAqGGJgiq8&refer=home

One wonders how big risk is an oil price model, i need to read on this, any good paper?

A Paper On Service Offshoring in the States

Robert Atkinson and Howard Wial have written a report about the impact of Service Offshoring on Metropolitan areas. The paper has been published by Brookings Institution and is available online. Its findings are:

· Twenty-eight metropolitan areas, with 13.5 percent of the nation's population, are likely to lose between 2.6 and 4.3 percent of their jobs to service offshoring, higher than the average loss among the metropolitan areas studied.

· Large metropolitan areas and metropolitan areas in the Northeast and West are generally more vulnerable to service offshoring than small metropolitan areas or metropolitan areas in the Midwest or South.

· Metropolitan areas with large concentrations of information technology service jobs or backoffice jobs are generally more vulnerable to service offshoring than other metropolitan areas.

· At least 17 percent of computer programming, software engineering, and data entry jobs are likely to be offshored in particular metropolitan areas.

Overall, the loss of service jobs to offshoring in the near future will be modest. However, offshoring's impact will be greater in metropolitan areas with high shares of information technology or back-office service jobs and in particular occupations within metropolitan areas. To reduce vulnerability to service offshoring, federal, state, and local leaders should work in concert to pursue policies that boost productivity and innovation, assist workers who are harmed by offshoring, and modernize approaches to economic and workforce development

PBS on US Religious Leader Delegation to Iran

This is a report of American religious deligation to Iran. It is very interesting. I loved its decent honesty:

http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/312/index.html

also there is an interview:
http://mcc.org/iran/delegation/news/reportvideo.html