Dr Matthew Moran Publications (updated April 2014) Books Open Source Intelligence in the Twenty- First Century: New Approaches and Opportunities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) [edited with Christopher Hobbs and Daniel Salisbury]. Exploring Regional Responses to a Nuclear Iran: Nuclear Dominoes? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) [co- authored with Christopher Hobbs]. The Republic and the Riots: Exploring Urban Violence in French Suburbs (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2012). Reviewed by Dr Jennifer A. Selby in Contemporary Sociology (2014), Vol.43, No.1. Reviewed by Dr Daniel A. Gordon in French Studies (2013), Vol.67, No.1. Reviewed by Professor David Waddington in Modern and Contemporary France (2012), Vol.20, No.2. Le mensonge: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in French Studies (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010) [edited with Kate Averis]. Peer- reviewed Articles Sanctions and the Insurance Industry: Challenges and Opportunities, Business and Politics, Vol.16, No.2 [co- authored with Daniel Salisbury]. Iran s Nuclear Programme: A Case Study in Hedging?, Contemporary Security Policy (2014), Vol.35, No.1, pp.26-52 [co- authored with Wyn Bowen]. Keeping up Appearances: National Narratives and Nuclear Policy in France and Russia, Defence Studies (2013), Vol.13, No.2, pp.192-215 [co- authored with Heather Williams] Looking Beyond a Nuclear- Armed Iran: Is Regional Proliferation Inevitable?, The International Spectator (2012), Vol.47, No.4, pp.127-148 [Co- authored with Christopher Hobbs] The Iranian Nuclear Dilemma: Light at the End of the Tunnel, Defense and Security Analysis (2012), Vol.28, No.3, pp.202-212 [Co- authored with Christopher Hobbs] Sarkozy versus the banlieues: Deconstructing Urban Legend, Journal of Franco- Iberian Studies, Special Issue: Beyond Hate: Representations of the Parisian banlieue (2011), 7, pp. 19-29. Bound by History? Exploring the Challenges to French Nuclear Disarmament, Defense and Security Analysis (2011), 27:4, pp. 341-357 [Co- authored with Matthew Cottee] 1
Opposing Exclusion: The Political Significance of the Riots in French Suburbs (2005-2007), Modern and Contemporary France (2011) 19:3, pp.297-313. Reports Nuclear Security Briefing Book, Presented to national delegations on behalf of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office at the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague (March 2014) (ISBN: 978-1- 908951-07- 6) http://www.kcl.ac.uk/sspp/departments/warstudies/research/groups/csss/pubs/nsb B- - - Full- final.pdf [co- authored with Wyn Bowen, Matthew Cottee, Christopher Hobbs and Luca Lentini] Governing Uranium Project: UK Case Study, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) Report (Copenhagen, 2014 [co- authored with Molly Berkemeier, Wyn Bowen and Christopher Hobbs]. Sanctions and the Insurance Industry: Challenges and Opportunities, CSSS Occasional Paper Series, No.2 (King s College London, 2013). ISBN 978-1- 908951-05- 2 [co- authored with Daniel Salisbury] Book Chapters Armchair Safeguards: The Role of OSINT in Proliferation Analysis, in Open Source Intelligence in the Twenty- First century: New Approaches and Opportunities (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) [co- authored with Christopher Hobbs]. Republic of Lies? Exploring the 2005 riots in French banlieues, in Le Mensonge: Multidisciplinary Perspectives in French Studies (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2010) [Co- authored with Michel Kokoreff]. Reviews Review Nuclear Iran: Birth of an Atomic State, by David Patrikarakos in International Affairs (2013), Vol.89, No.1. Review The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A Memoir, by Seyed Hossein Mousavian in International Affairs (2012), Vol.88, No.6. Review Collective Terms: Race, Culture and Community in a State- Planned City in France, by Beth S. Epstein in Modern and Contemporary France (2012), Vol.20, No.1. Review Sociologie des émeutes, by Michel Kokoreff in Modern and Contemporary France (2009), Vol.17, No.1. Review L Etat et les quartiers. Genèse d une catégorie de l action publique, by Sylvie Tissot in Modern and Contemporary France (2009), Vol.16, No.3. 2
Media and Online Commentry Big data brings new power to open- source intelligence, The Conversation, 14 May 2014, https://theconversation.com/big- data- brings- new- power- to- open- source- intelligence- 26554 Nuclear security: too important to fail, The Guardian, 3 April 2014 [co- authored with Matthew Cottee] http://www.theguardian.com/world/julian- borger- global- security- blog/2014/apr/03/nuclear- weapons- russia Ukraine nuclear security fears were exaggerated, The Conversation, 2 April 2014 [co- authored with Chris Hobbs], https://theconversation.com/ukraine- nuclear- security- fears- were- exaggerated- 24824 Is Tehran ready to deal because it has already fulfilled its nuclear aims?, The Lowy Interpreter, 11 November 2013 [co- authored with Wyn Bowen] http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/11/11/irans- nuclear- hedging- continues.aspx Containment, not rollback, is the key to Iran s nuclear future, The Conversation, 5 November 2013 [co- authored with Wyn Bowen] http://theconversation.com/containment- not- rollback- is- the- key- to- irans- nuclear- future- 19703 Take advantage of the new era in Iranian foreign policy, The Guardian, 1 October 2013 [co- authored with Wyn Bowen] http://www.theguardian.com/world/julian- borger- global- security- blog/2013/oct/01/iran- nuclear- deal- rouhani- enrichment Syria: how Bashar al- Assad's chemical arsenal became a strategic liability, The Telegraph, 19 September 2013 [co- authored with Wyn Bowen] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/10320221/syria- how- Bashar- al- Assads- chemical- arsenal- became- a- strategic- liability.html Would a nuclear Iran really trigger a new arms race in the Middle East?, The Guardian, 19 December 2012 [co- authored with Christopher Hobbs] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/julian- borger- global- security- blog/2012/dec/19/iran- nuclear- middle- east- arms- race Amiens riots: a police crackdown is not the answer to violence in the banlieues, The Guardian, August 2012 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/15/amiens- riots- police- banlieues 'Back to the Future for Iranian Nuclear Diplomacy?', WMD Junction, June 2012 http://wmdjunction.com/120615_iran_diplomacy.htm 3
Playing the victim: Iran's nuclear nationalism, The Interpreter, 1 June 2012 http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2012/06/01/playing- the- victim- Irans- nuclear- nationalism.aspx Understanding the UK riots, Le Monde diplomatique English Edition, January 2012 http://mondediplo.com/blogs/understanding- the- uk- riots The Left's Nuclear Dilemma, France24, 21 November 2011 http://frenchpolitics.blogs.france24.com/article/2011/11/21/lefts- nuclear- dilemma- 0 UK riots: lessons from the banlieues?, Le Monde diplomatique English Edition, August 2011 http://mondediplo.com/blogs/uk- riots- lessons- from- the- banlieues France, and the Socialists, need a debate on nuclear, Le Monde diplomatique English Edition, July 2011 [co- authored with Carl Miller http://mondediplo.com/blogs/france- and- the- socialists- need- a- debate- on The French presidency: When absence makes the heart grow fonder, France24, 10 June 2011 http://frenchpolitics.blogs.france24.com/article/2011/06/10/french- presidency- when- absence- makes- heart- grow- fonder- 0 'The debate on the "nuclear renaissance" needs a bit more enlightenment', Prospect, 21 March 2011 [co- authored with Carl Miller] http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/blog/the- debate- on- the- nuclear- renaissance- needs- a- bit- more- enlightenment/ 'Nuclear terrorism: should the UK be concerned?, OpenDemocracy, 9 November 2010 [co- authored with Matthew Cottee] http://www.opendemocracy.net/matthew- moran- matthew- cottee/nuclear- terrorism- should- uk- be- concerned Money won't buy truth in Villiers- le- Bel riots trial, The Guardian, 23 June 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/23/paris- villiers- le- bel- riots Back to the future, The Guardian, 19 October 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/19/france- race Recent Presentations and Talks Exploring the Influence of Human Factors in the Verification of Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement, Sideline event organised by the governments of Norway and the United Kingdom, Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference, 1 May 2014, United Nations, New York. Iran s Nuclear Programme: A Case Study in Hedging, Irish Senior Command and Staff School, Military College of the Irish Defence Forces, 12 February 2014. Open Source Intelligence: Uses and Value, Centre for Defence Studies Professional Development Course for the UK Ministry of Defence, June 2013. 4
Assessing the Regional Response to a Nuclear- Armed Iran, Nuclear non- proliferation in the Gulf, Conference organised by the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), 25-26 March 2013, Istanbul. Rioting in the French banlieues: Causes and Complexities, Sheffield Hallam University, 6 February 2013. Industry outreach in the United Kingdom, Export Controls and Non- proliferation, Annual Workshop organised by King s College London, China Arms control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) and China Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation (CAITEC), 29-30 November 2012, Dalian, China. Iranian Diplomacy: The Constraining Effects of Nuclear Nationalism, One- term President, long- term legacy: Jimmy Carter and Iran, 19 October 2012, Durham University. An Impossible Solution? Exploring the Role of Trust in Iranian Nuclear Diplomacy, Trust, Cooperation and the Global Nuclear Future, The Challenges to Trust- building in Nuclear Worlds Third Annual Conference, 4 September 2012, University of Birmingham. 5