Source：Middle East Studies, No .2, 2023

Abstract：The development of civil nuclear energy programs in the Middle East countries has dual purposes of geo - economics and geo - politics. Driven by the new energy revolution and the strategic competition in the region , the Middle East countries seek the diversification of energy structure, meet the growing domestic demand for electricity promote sea - water desalination, strengthen nuclear energy researches, join the world  nuclear club, break the nuclear monopoly of Israel and enhance their respective status in power politics. Russia, the United States, Korea, France, Japan and other foreign countries actively promote the export of civil nuclear energy projects, promote civil nuclear energy cooperation with Middle East countries, compete for market share in the Middle East, form issue linkage and seek all round cooperation with Middle East countries. Civil nuclear energy cooperation programs enrich the connotation of strategic cooperation between outside powers and the Middle East, drives the technological progress and industrial development of civil nuclear energy development in the region, and helps Middle East countries transform from oil economy to post - oil economy. However, the implementation of nuclear energy projects still faces many hurdles.

Keywords: Middle East Area; Civil Nuclear Energy; New Energy; International Co - operation