Documents leaked to the Times reveal the United Nations has been negotiating with Iranian officials to lift the country’s nuclear sanctions, allowing it to retain most of its nuclear program, in return for co-operation with UN inspectors.
Nuclear weapons
Is the world safe from Pakistani nukes?
The success of recent attacks by the Pakistani Taliban raises a scary prospect: just how safe are the country’s nuclear warheads from falling into militant hands? Intelligence officials aren’t so sure.
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Iran steps up uranium production
Satellite images obtained by Bloomberg show Iran has increased its production of uranium, according to nuclear analysts. The country now has enough to build two atomic bombs a year. It this further evidence of a covert nuclear weapons program?
Iran and Israel’s secret nuclear meeting
Are Israel and Iran finally restoring diplomatic relations? The Israel Atomic Energy Commission says the two countries have met to discuss nuclear non-proliferation in the Middle East, but Iran says it never happened.
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Obama’s secret deal with Iran
Iranian nuclear experts and world powers met today to negotiate the future of the country’s uranium stockpiles. But Barack Obama has been personally wheeling and dealing secretly with Iran for four months now, TIME reveals.
What if Israel just bombed Iran’s nuclear program into oblivion?
Well, here’s one way to end Iran’s nuclear ambitions: send Israel in to bomb the sh*t out of the country’s nuclear sites. Would it actually work? Or is it all more trouble than its worth? CSM explores an interesting proposition.
America and Israel take a leak on Russia and Iran
Are we over-reacting on Iran?
The West must stop exaggerating the Iranian threat, says Newsweek editor Fareed Zakaria: the Middle East has had nuclear weapons for decades, and the world hasn’t ended yet. There’s no need to go in with all guns blazing.
Is the threat of Iran’s nuclear powers being exaggerated?
If Iran will allow the UN to inspect their secret nuclear facility, than it’s fairly unlikely that they are building nuclear weapons. Which is hard to remember in a media obsessed with strikes against Israel, argues Juan Cole.
How Obama was forced to play his hand
News of Iran’s secret nuclear fuel processing plant may come as a surprise to most of the world, but the US has known for years, Politico reveals. So why did they finally bring it u now?
Iran vs. the world
Over the weekend, Obama and the UN called Iran out over a secret nuclear facility. Ahmedinejad came clean and invited the IAEA over for a look. But the US wants to come too. So Iran allayed everyone’s fears by firing off some missiles. Will Obama respond with tougher sanctions?
Face-to-face with Ahmadinejad
The world has walked out on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, after his hate-filled, anti-Semitic speech to the UN. In an exclusive interview, Newsweek grills the embattled leader over his continued Holocaust denial and nuclear ambitions.
Why disarmament is a waste of time
Obama should not look to the “toothless” UN to address the threat of nuclear weapons, says Brett Schaefer. History tells us he’s wasting his time.
Rebuilding the world without nukes
The UN’s resolution to rid the world of nuclear weapons is nothing short of remarkable, says Joe Cirincione. It has brought the world together to rebuild a global society with a strong and enduring foundation.
Obama drops a bomb
Barack Obama’s leadership on ridding the world of nuclear weapons echoes John F. Kennedy’s efforts from decades earlier. It’s the kind of action necessary to prevent a second nuclear age.
Towards a nuclear-free world
The UN Security Council has unanimously backed a resolution to rid the world of nuclear weapons. It’s an historic move, but is it enough to head off a nuclear showdown with Iran?
Nuclear weapons still a hot issue
What’s the biggest issue facing scientists dealing with social issues today? Perhaps, climate change, infectious disease or war? No, it’s nuclear weapons. And the threat of another Cold War is real, writes Nick Matzke.
Burma back in the international spotlight
Pressures from the international community are mounting on Burma’s junta, following the increase of Aung San Suu Kyi’s home detention sentence and concerns of nuclear weapons.
Rogue state of Burma needs to be controlled
Burma’s close relationship with North Korea and possible nuclear facilities should be of serious concern to the West, writes Greg Sheridan.
Iran: ready, willing and able to build a nuke
Iran now has the technology and know-how to create — and detonate — a nuclear warhead, according to The Times. Intelligence sources say the country could produce their own bomb is as little as a year.
Asia’s new Axis of Evil
North Korea and Burma are not natural allies, but sharing an identity as international pariahs and an interest in nuclear weapons could be bringing the two countries together.
Why we should learn to stop worrying and love Iran’s bombs
The attention being paid to Iran’s nuclear program is way out of proportion, says Joe Klein: recent intelligence says they don’t have one, and even if they did, a regional arms race would be more likely than a nuclear war.
US and Russia strike an arms deal
Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev have reached a preliminary agreement on cutting both country’s nuclear weapons stockpiles, in what the NYT calls “one of the most significant arms control treaties since the end of the cold war”.
North Korea: we don’t know squat
It’s time to face the facts on North Korea, says former CIA officer Robert Baer: Washington is completely in the dark about Pyongyang and its intentions.
