Nuclear Proliferation

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Nuclear Disarmament: Let's Support President Obama

Jonathan Granoff | Posted 09.27.2009 | Home

Read More: Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Weapons, North Korea, Home News

As the Berlin Wall came down, as the wall of apartheid came down, it is time to take down the wall of nuclear weapons.

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The Pentagon's Nuclear Posture Landmine

Joe Cirincione | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Heritage Foundation, Department of Defense, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Posture Review, Nuclear Threat Initiative, James Schlesinger, Nuclear Proliferation, Japan, Prague Speech, Bill Perry, Deterrence, Politics News

Rather than shaping a nuclear policy to prevent the 21st century threats of nuclear terrorism and new nuclear states, the Pentagon reviewers are defending Cold War architectures.

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For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War

Frida Berrigan | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Hiroshima Anniversary, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, World News

Sixty-four years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we need more than symbols of peace. Memories of the destruction fade, while the terror of nuclear annihilation seems to have worn off almost completely.

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For 64th Anniversary: The Great Hiroshima Cover-Up -- And the Nuclear Fallout for All of Us Today

Greg Mitchell | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Nagasaki, Nuclear, Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima, Atomic Bomb, Hiroshima Pictures, Hiroshima Anniversary, Nuclear Proliferation, World News

For decades after the atomic attacks on Japan, the United States engaged in airtight suppression of all film that documented the bombing and its effects.

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