LONDON (Reuters) Mon Jul 14 - It is time to consider new ways of encouraging countries such as Iran not to develop nuclear weapons, the head of one of the world's leading public policy think tanks said on Monday.
James Thomson, president and chief executive officer of RAND Corporation, told Reuters in an interview that the world was entering a new nuclear age that required fresh and more effective ways of dealing with the spread of weapons.
He said there was a "good chance" of Iran developing a nuclear weapon in the next five years.
It was important to understand why countries sought nuclear weapons and mitigating the need, he said.
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