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Nuclear Proliferation

Sanctioning Iran: Target Khameini, Return Assets to the People

Russ Wellen | Posted 01.05.2010 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Countries, Wmd, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Warheads, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear, Weapons, Nukes, Nuclear Warfare, Nuclear War, Nonproliferation, Nuclear Warhead, Nuclear Testing, Nuclear Bomb, Politics News
Russ Wellen

Congress's idea of sanctions is sure to spread pain and suffering far and wide across Iran.

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Questions for President Obama About New Zealand

Connie Lawn | Posted 01.04.2010 | World

Read More: Bill Clinton, Nuclear Proliferation, Ronald Reagan, New Zealand, United Nations, John Key, World News
Connie Lawn

Obama: "We share similar views on a wide range of common global challenges facing our two countries, including on non-proliferation, climate change and in Afghanistan."

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Are Christians Key to Anti-Nuke Movement?

Jonathan Merritt | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Obama Russia, Evangelical-Christians, Two Futures Project, Tyler Wigg-Stevenson, Terrorism, President Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Non-Proliferation, No Nukes, Nuclear, Obama Foreign Policy, Nukes, Barack Obama, Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Policy, u.s. Foreign Policy, Religion, Politics, Jonathan Merritt, Christians, Christianity, Nuclear Proliferation, No Nukes Campaign, Politics News
Jonathan Merritt

The Christian God abhors the shedding of innocent blood and nuclear weapons are only capable of widespread, indiscriminate killing and destruction of life.

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Alan Kuperman: Another Benny Morris School Armchair General

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Afghanistan, Nouri Al Maliki, Afghanistan War, Benny Morris, Nuclear Proliferation, Alan Kuperman, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Kuperman doesn't see Iranians responding to the bombing of their homeland by taking to the streets and chanting "Death to the Great Satan!" He sees grateful yokels yelling "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!"

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Iran Policy: What Price Failure?

David Harris | Posted 12.11.2009 | World

Read More: Economic Sanctions, European Union, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Iranian Nuclear Program, Latin America, World News
David Harris

Iran could trigger a nuclear arms race in an already volatile region. Would Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey simply sit by while Iran achieves nuclear-weapons capability? Hardly.

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The Conventional Arms Control Challenge

Frida Berrigan | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Nonproliferation, Nuclear Proliferation, Military, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, World News
Frida Berrigan

The Obama administration's work to reduce nuclear weapons and reduce nuclear dangers has not been complemented by similar diligent work in the area of conventional weapons exports.

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U.S. Ports Still Wide Open to Nukes, Report Says

Jeff Stein | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Nuclear Detector, Nuclear Weapons, Afghanistan, Homeland Security, Customs and Border Patrol, Gao, Port Security, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Terrorism, Border Security, Al Qaeda, World News
Jeff Stein

Over $3 billion and seven years since U.S. intelligence discovered that Osama Bin Laden was seeking a nuke, terrorists can still drive a radioactive truck through the holes in America's border defenses

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Navigating China: Ten Months On, and a Lot to Show for It

Steve Orlins | Posted 11.17.2009 | World

Read More: US China Relations, Obama China, Nuclear Proliferation, Climate Change, China, Barack Obama, Global Warming, World News
Steve Orlins

I continue to be optimistic that close, frequent contact between American and Chinese leaders will add muscle to the kinds of cooperative agreements that are necessary to tackle major shared issues of the day.

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Pakistan's Nuke Dad Goes Public

Saad Khan | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Abdul Qadeer Khan, Abdul Qadir Khan, Pakistan Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan Nuclear Scientists, Abdul Qadeer Khan Nuclear Smuggler, World News
Saad Khan

Dr. A. Q. Khan, even if he is unable to get any relief from the court, has found another means of reaching out to the masses -- i.e., by writing in newspapers.

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'A World Without Nuclear Weapons' Might Still Be Possible

Phyllis Bennis | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, World Without Nuclear Weapons, Obama Foreign Policy, Non-Proliferation Treaty, Israel, World News
Phyllis Bennis

Achieving what Obama calls a "world without nuclear weapons" means more than just talking. It also means recognizing -- and implementing -- Washington's own NPT obligations to disarm.

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UN Nuclear Inspectors In Iran To Visit Site

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.26.2009 | World

Read More: France, Russia, Iran, Negotiations, Nuclear Weapons, Qom, Tehran, Nuclear Proliferation, Un, Iaea, Nukes, World News

TEHRAN, Iran — U.N. inspectors entered a once-secret uranium enrichment facility with bunker-like construction and heavy military protection tha...

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Iranian Ayatollah Issues Fatwa Against Nukes

The New Republic | Abbas Milani | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Democratic Protests, Nuclear Proliferation, Iran, Green Movement, Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri, Fatwa, World News

There has been much debate about where Iran's democratic protesters stand on the country's nuclear program. In the past weeks, there have been many ne...

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Obama's Unusual Nobel Peace Prize Just Right for Unusual Times

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Nobel, Climate Change, Nuclear Proliferation, Nobel Peace Prize, Peace, President Obama, Global Warming, World News
Sarah van Gelder

It's no wonder that the Nobel Committee would want to encourage an embattled U.S. president who is trying to do the right thing. After eight years of recklessness, there's a lot of catch-up to do.

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For Peace-to-Be: Obama Wins Nobel Prize for Hope!

Wael Nawara | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Nuclear Proliferation, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Post-Realism, World News
Wael Nawara

Obama indeed may have won the Nobel Prize, not for the Peace he helped realize, but for the Hope he has managed to inspire.

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Obama's First 250 Days: Defining a President's Foreign Policy

Rebecca R. Friedman | Posted 10.05.2009 | World

Read More: Anti-Missile Defense Deal, Obama Iran, Missile Defense, Foreign Affairs, Missile Defense Shield, Nuclear Proliferation, Iran, Bush Foreign Policy, Obama Foreign Policy, Barack Obama, Advocacy, World News
Rebecca R. Friedman

The Obama foreign policy era officially began last week in Geneva. Now that the transition is fully over, the international community will find out whether President Obama can deliver on his commitments.

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Who's Keeping Secrets?

Judith Ellis | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, John Bolton, United Nations, United Nation, Angela Merkel, Israel, Dimrty Medvedev, Nuclear Proliferation, Nicholas Sarkozy, Barack Obama, China, Politics News
Judith Ellis

When it comes to secrecy and international politics, we wink and nod when necessary.

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Iran's Nuclear Program: Crunch Time

David Harris | Posted 11.29.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Ajc, Middleeast, Iran News, Nuclear Energy, News Iran, Iran's News, Iran Military Response, Iran Nuclear October Meeting, David Harris, Iran Time, Germany, Wmds, Qom, Britain, France, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, American Jewish Committee, Tehran, Israel, Iaea, World News
David Harris

Iran has been caught in yet another act of deception. Faced with the prospect of being outed by the U.S., Tehran's leaders informed the IAEA of a second uranium enrichment facility.

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Afghanistan: Presidential Double Standards and Military Power

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, John Bolton, Pakistan, Afghan War, United Nations, Unilateralism, General David Petraeus, Operation Eagle Claw, Lebanon, China, G-20, President Lyndon Johnson, Fred Kagan, Michael O'Hanlon, Peace, Vietnam, Climate Change, Beirut Marine Bombing, Iranian Revolution, Multilateralism, President John F. Kennedy, President Barack Obama, Isi, Terrorism, President Harry Truman, Nuclear Proliferation, Obama Doctrine, Cuban Missile Crisis, Afghanistan War, President Ronald Reagan, The Institute for the Study of War, Israel and Palestine, Kimberly Kagan, Afghanistan, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

If any president is going to "cut and run" from an American military engagement he or she better be a Republican. This narrative runs deep in American political discourse.

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The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons

Queen Noor of Jordan | Posted 11.26.2009 | World

Read More: United Nations Security Council, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama Nuclear Proliferation, Queen Noor, World News
Queen Noor of Jordan

It was my privilege to witness the UN Security Council Summit unanimously adopt a resolution calling for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.

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Obama's UN Speech and American Leadership on Nuclear Disarmament

James Lamond | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Speech, Obama Un Speech, Nuclear Weapons, United Nations, UN General Assembly, Obama Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Proliferation, Barack Obama, World News
James Lamond

The proliferation of nuclear weapons is one of the most dangerous and frightening of modern challenges. Yet it also one the challenge that through American global leadership and international cooperation can be addressed.

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Love the Bomb?

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Newsweek, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

In a Newsweek article, Tepperman announced that we are all dead wrong: "Nuclear weapons may not, in fact, make the world more dangerous." But it became clear there is no research to support his claim.

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A Clear Path Forward For the UN on Nuclear Disarmament

Nabil Fahmy | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Barack Obama, Nuclear Weapons, UN General Assembly, Nuclear Proliferation, Obama Nuclear Weapons, UN Security Council, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Egypt, World News
Nabil Fahmy

When Obama takes the stage at the UN, he should seize the moment to turn the world's attention to the nuclear proliferation crisis -- not just by highlighting the issue's urgency, but by providing a clear path forward.

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Whirlwind Obama at the UN; Dictators Busy Also

Evelyn Leopold | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Libyan-Leader, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bill Clinton, New York, Myanmar Junta, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, President Obama, United Nations, Climate Change, Hillary Clinton, Nuclear Proliferation, World News
Evelyn Leopold

President Obama makes his debut appearance at the United Nations this week, attending and presiding over a breathless array of events far beyond the usual schedule for U.S. presidents.

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Iran's Nuclear Threat Hyped: UN Watchdog

AP | WILLIAM J. KOLE | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Nkues, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Proliferation, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Ahmadinejad, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

VIENNA — The global threat posed by Iran's suspect nuclear program is "hyped" because there's no hard proof that Tehran has an ongoing effort to...

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Formerly-'Gagged' FBI Whistleblower Details Congressional Blackmail, Bribery, Espionage, Corruption in Remarkable Videotaped Deposition

Brad Friedman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Douglas Feith, House of Representatives, Turkey, Valerie Plame Wilson, Roy Blunt, State Secrets, Dan Burton, Sibel Edmonds, Fbi, Blackmail, Valerie Plame, Justice Department, Armenian Genocide, State Department, Dennis Hastert, Paul Wolfowitz, Whistleblowers, National Security, State Secrets Privilege, Marc Grossman, Stephen Solarz, Nuclear Proliferation, Jean Schmidt, Politics News
Brad Friedman

Just over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly.

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