The 168 member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency meet this week in Vienna for their 60th General Conference. Since the end of the Cold War, the agency has continually been tasked with more complex and sensitive roles, something it has managed with distinction. However, it is struggling for resources and is increasingly under pressure from the competing interests of its expanded membership.
The credibility of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is vital to the countries of the Asia-Pacific as it is now the epicentre of global nuclear affairs. The agency is valued most for the international security benefits …read more