The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency emphasises that security strategies can no longer be effective based solely on the concept of national boundaries. The article describes the security problems which have grown along with the development of “internationalism” and the author defines the need for cooperation, assistance, regional and international networks to combat the threat quoting the IAEA’s nuclear security plan as an example of how this may be achieved. In stressing the urgency Dr ElBaradei concludes: “May it not ultimately be said of our civilisation that we created the inventions that led to our own demise”. |