Shahram Chubin, born in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 and educated in Britain

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and the US is a Swiss national. Before joining the GCSP he taught at the Graduate Institute for International Studies in Geneva (1981–1996).

Background

Chubin is director of research at the Geneva Centre for Security Studies in Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. Robert S. Litwak is director of the Division of International Studies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

See also

• Iran's nuclear program