Nonproliferation
The False Gospels That Threaten the Iran Nuke Talks
The interim nuclear agreement with Iran has made the world a safer place. Iran is further away from a nuclear bomb and the United States is further away from bombing...
Why Congress Won’t Be to Blame If Nuclear Talks with Iran Fail
A clear-headed assessment of the P5+1-Iran nuclear negotiations over the course of 2014 would be hard-pressed to make the case that things are looking up. Let’s face it, even the...
12 Months Is Not Enough Time to Stop an Iranian Nuclear Breakout
The objective of the P5+1 in their negotiations with Iran over a comprehensive deal is to keep Iran at about a year from what is known as “breakout”—the ability to...
Congress: The Last Line of Defense in the Iran Talks
Now that the United States, its allies and Iran have agreed again to extend nuclear negotiations, the onus is now on Congress to take on the responsibility of making Tehran pay...
Atomic Advantage: Is Iran Stalling for Time in Negotiations over Its Nuclear Program?
Despite an extended period of intensive diplomacy, the P5+1 and Iran failed to reach a permanent agreement last month in Vienna limiting Iran’s civilian nuclear program in exchange for comprehensive...
P5+1 Talks Are Not (Just) about Iran
Last week Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the deadline for negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program would once again be pushed back. Extending the talks keeps in place a...
The Master Plan to Manage Iran: Keep Containing It
Iran’s nuclear program has been an ever-present fixture in Western political discourse since its full extent was first revealed in 2002. Yet, Iran’s nuclear quest began in the mid-1970s, when...
What’s Really Going On with the P5+1–Iran Nuclear Talks?
The November 24 decision to extend the P5+1-Iran nuclear negotiations for another seven months (three to four for the political framework “and another few months to formalize it”) was not...
Forget Future Nukes: What About Iran’s Missiles?
Last Monday, the international community and the Islamic Republic of Iran extended the deadline for negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. This extension signified failure to reach an agreement, while leaving...
A Hard Truth: Iran Will Remain a Nuclear Threshold State
Despite intensive efforts, the negotiations between the P5 +1 and Iran on the future of its nuclear program, led by the United States, once again failed to produce a final...
A Delicate Atomic Dance: Managing the Aftermath of the Iran Nuclear Talks
With the agreement in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 on an extension of the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, policy makers will now have to turn to the equally...
Keep Calm and Keep Talking to Iran
As many predicted, the United States, its partners and Iran were unable to wrap up their negotiations in Vienna on Iran’s nuclear program by the November 24 deadline. But there...