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Bomber Fleet to Get New Nuclear Cruise Missile
On the radar: Sanctions and behavior; New guided nuclear bomb; China’s posture paper; and Grading the nonproliferation regime.   Read more »
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Posted on April 22, 2013
Signs of Easing Tensions with North Korea
  On the radar: Threats subside, chance of provocation or negotiation; Nuclear guidance study still unfinished; Ban Ki-moon visits Pentagon; Diminishing role for nuclear weapons; Ratcheting down resolution’s rhetoric; and Seismic risk and Iran’s nuclear program;   Read more »
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Posted on April 18, 2013
The President's Prague Agenda on the Brink
On Thursday, Rachel Maddow asked me if President Obama was going to fulfill the visionary agenda he laid out four years ago in Prague. I paused. What should I say? I support this agenda to move us step by step towards what Obama termed "the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons." But progress has been slow. I took a deep breath and answered the only way I could: honestly. Read more »
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Posted by Joe Cirincione on April 5, 2013
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All-Star Nuclear Policy Team
President Barack Obama has assembled perhaps the most knowledgeable senior nuclear policy team in American history. Read more »
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Posted by Joe Cirincione on February 27, 2013
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Iran Nuclear Talks: Next Stop, Istanbul
  On the radar: Dates set for new talks; Priorities for SecDef Hagel; CTBTO hard at work; Transparent nuclear policy; New venue for arms control; and the Worm in the Hermit Kingdom.   Read more »
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Posted on February 27, 2013
Stockpile Sleuthing Reveals Nuclear Reductions
  On the radar: Paring the arsenal; Ex-hostages call for re-engagement; P5+1 developments; US’ Iran policy misses the mark; Nuclear site captured by FSA; Time to confirm Hagel; All politics are local; Smart savings; and Unlikely ambassador.   Read more »
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Posted on February 26, 2013
Sequestration and the Nuclear Budget
  On the radar: Colossal nuclear price tag; 1 test, $170 million; Budget cutters eye MOX; Obama’s second term arms control agenda; Next steps in arms control; Hagel’s reputation in Iran; China looks into missile defense; Russia on talks with Iran; and North Korean propaganda gets trippy, destructive.   Read more »
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Posted on February 6, 2013
Plutonium Boondoggle Faces Possible Suspension
On the radar: MOX vs sequestration; Dismantlement pace, infrastructure needs; Joe talks Hagel; N. Korea hides test site; Doubting nuclear dominoes; Dealing with Iran; and The bomb and 1950s monster flicks.   Read more »
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Posted on February 1, 2013
Iran to Upgrade Enrichment Capacity at Natanz
  On the radar: Newer model, more of them; Prepping negotiations with Russia; Hagel before the SASC; Aegis upgrade; N. Korea going for a super?; Kim Jong-un on moonwalks; and Vermont’s nuclear legacy.   Read more »
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Posted on January 31, 2013
Missile Defense Plans Speed Ahead, Capabilities and Threat Lag Behind
  On the radar: The “adaptive” part of EPAA; Obama’s new team; Hagel QFRs; Monitoring North Korea; Medvedev on inflexibility; State’s new sanctions chief; India’s SLBM; and North Korean Gulags now on Google Maps.   Read more »
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Posted on January 30, 2013