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5 Reasons Israel Won’t Attack Iran
Although not a member of the P5+1 itself, Israel has always loomed large over the negotiations concerning Iran’s nuclear program. For example, in explaining French opposition to a possible nuclear...
North Korea’s Chemical Weapons Shop of Horrors
“If you set a red-line, you should stick to it,” remarked a Japanese defense official at a recent conference on extended deterrence in Seoul when asked about the U.S. approach...
Iran Talks: Practical Considerations in a Race to the Bomb
Over at LobeLog, former French diplomat François Nicoullaud lays out the remaining issues in the Iran nuclear talks this week. He calls attention to the important issue of breakout time—how...
Arms Control Helps Contain the Ukraine Crisis
The Ukraine crisis has plunged U.S. and Western relations with Russia toward a post–Cold War low. The damage will continue for some time, especially in the event of a Russian...
Nuclear Zero After Crimea
On April 5, 2009, in Prague, President Barack Obama proclaimed the goal of freeing the world from the unique dangers posed by nuclear weapons. The massive Czech crowd applauded, as...
Why the Saudis Are Panicking
As President Barack Obama must have noticed during his visit, there is a panicky tone to almost everything the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does these days, whether it’s campaigning for...
Brandishing the American Sword in the Gulf
The Islamic Republic of Iran first began to explore uranium enrichment in 1985. The program limped along for close to fifteen years, before Iranian scientists successfully introduced uranium hexafluoride into...
We’re Winning the War on Nukes
Countless world leaders have gathered in the Netherlands for the third Nuclear Security Summit. U.S. president Barack Obama convened the first summit back in 2010 in an effort to rein...
Iran Belongs at the Nuclear Security Summit
As fifty-three countries attend the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, a country that has developed a sophisticated nuclear complex and which has been in the news for more...
Human Rights and the Iran Nuclear Talks
The election of President Hassan Rouhani in June 2013 has led to changes in Iran few could have imagined. Yet many commentators have been quick to point out where the...
Good News From Ukraine: It Doesn’t Have Nukes
Ukraine is a bad news story that is destined to get worse. In the midst of a tragedy, it will strike some as inappropriate to note that things could be...
INF: The New New START?
These days, Washington is not lacking for reasons to mistrust Russia. But before Vladimir Putin’s recent move into Crimea, another example of apparent Russian duplicity was receiving increased attention among...