Chinese Companies Defy United Nations Sanctions
In Iran and the Sudan, Chinese companies disregard sanctions to buy oil.
Nuclear Proliferation
How to Contain Iran
Once Iran goes nuclear, the United States should be prepared to commit to the security of the Middle East.
Iran Struggles With Nuclear Plant Delays
Amid rumors of attacks by a sophisticated computer virus, Iran’s first nuclear power plant struggles to get up and running.
Russian Submarine Stalking Trident
Is this Cold War nostalgia or should London worry?
Senators Skeptical About New START
Senate Republicans are scrambling votes to block ratification of the nuclear arms reduction treaty signed with Russia last Spring.
Obama Nuking His Own Nuke Policy
The Obama Administration’s lack of consistency on nuclear enrichment threatens to undermine the whole of the president’s nonproliferation agenda.
Iran’s Nuclear Plant Grand Opening
As Iran opens its first nuclear power plant, Israel and the West worry about possible forays into nuclear weapons.
Obama: Progress on Iran Sanctions
The president has picked up “rumblings that there is disquiet about the impact” of the latest round of sanctions.
South Asia’s Fragile Nuclear Balance
The paradigm shaping foreign policy in Washington DC today reads that the futures of Afghanistan and Pakistan are inherently intertwined. The war in the one cannot be resolved as long as insurgents are able to find safe haven in the other while regional stability demands peace across borders. Yet in Pakistan the Americans have to […]
Now It’s France’s Turn
France is prepared to start negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program within the International Atomic Energy Agency “without delay,” said President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday while meeting with his Russian counterpart Dmitri Medvedev. A spokesman for Sarkozy’s office said the talks would be held “on the basis of Brazilian and Turkish efforts and the […]
Why Turkey Pretends to be Outraged
Turkey chastises Israel but is really looking at Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program.
Clinton Announces “Tough” Iran Sanctions
Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday about the new START treaty signed with Russia last April, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that a draft resolution for sanctions against Iran has been agreed upon by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. According to Clinton, Britain, France and the […]
Do We Have a Deal?
As Brazil and Turkey reached a nuclear fuel exchange agreement with Iran on Sunday night, the most important lesson to the West may well be that the traditional nuclear powers are no longer alone at their game. According to a joint declaration released on Monday, Iran pledges to deposit 1,200 kilograms of 3.5 percent enriched […]
Turkey Offers to Negotiate with Iran
In another show of Turkey emerging as a Middle East power broker, the country reiterated its offer on Tuesday to act as a diplomatic middleman toward Iran. “The solution for Iran’s nuclear program is through negotiations and the diplomatic process,” stressed Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkey’s foreign minister, during a press conference in Tehran. Turkey, which has […]
Obama’s “Bizarre” Nuclear Policy Isn’t
The nuclear treaty with Russia is separate from America’s nuclear diplomacy with Iran and North Korea.