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IAEA Report: Iran’s Nuclear Program Expanding
  On the radar: Centrifuges and stockpiles; Latest sanctions; Sorting N. Korea’s threats; Is the Musdan real; Killing MEADS; and Boldly going where few science projects have gone before.   Read more »
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Posted on May 23, 2013
Senate Pushing the Pressure Track on Iran
  On the radar: Pressure track speeds along; Iranian politics; Ankara’s atomic ambitions; Engaging China on North Korea; Aegis test; and AU celebrates 50th anniversary.   Read more »
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Posted on May 16, 2013
Concern About South Korea’s Nuclear Interests
  On the radar: Seoul questions the taboo; South Korean reprocessing; Congress undercutting diplomacy; Dempsey to Moscow; Iran’s security dilemma; and Journalists’ pickle on Pakistan.   Read more »
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Posted on March 11, 2013
Sanctions Broadening on Iran
On the radar: Sanctions in NDAA; Hagel nomination; Japan’s Plutonium Problems; Los Alamos security; Richardson and Schmidt in Pyongyang; Eating grass; and Reagan’s awesomely bad Soviet space program brief. Read more »
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Posted on January 7, 2013
EU Tightens Sanctions on Iran
  On the radar: Banking and trade targeted; Positioning on enrichment; After Nunn-Lugar; U Thant, unsung hero of the crisis; U.S.-Israel security cooperation; MOX transparency needed; Missileer during the crisis; and Christoph Waltz as Mikhail Gorbachev.   Read more »
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Posted on October 15, 2012
Moscow Talks: Joe Cirincione on Fox News - Video
A third round of nuclear talks between the Iran and the P5+1 concluded today in Moscow, with no major breakthroughs – but perhaps more importantly, no major breakdowns. Read more »
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Posted by admin on June 19, 2012
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Continuing the Diplomatic Process: An Interview with Reza Marashi
To give us a better handle on the current situation with Iran, we spoke with Reza Marashi, Research Director for the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). Reza served in the U.S. Department of State for four years in the Office of Iranian Affairs, and his articles have appeared in publications including The New York Times, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, and The National Interest. He is a contributor to CNN, NPR, and the BBC, among others. Here, he gives us his take on the latest developments in Iran and what they might mean for national security. Read more »
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Posted on June 8, 2012
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Counting Down the Costs of War with Iran
War is costly. If you have any doubts, take a look at our experience in Iraq and Afghanistan: over $1.3 trillion spent and more than 8,000 lives lost, for shaky security gains. And then there are the unintended consequences: loss of international credibility, regional instability, and more. Unfortunately, when it comes to the Iran debate, the potential consequences of war are often lost in the shuffle. Read more »
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Posted by Mary Kaszynski on March 15, 2012
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Time for Engagement with Iran
On the surface, US-Iran relations are reaching a fevered pitch. The assassination of an Iranian scientist, possibly part of a covert campaign against Iran's nuclear program, is just the latest in a series of troubling developments. Iran has begun enriching uranium at its Fordo facility, expressed defiance of harsh economic sanctions from the West, and continues to threaten to close the Strait of Hormuz. In the US, loud calls for a military strike against Iran are increasing the tension. Read more »
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Posted by Mary Kaszynski on January 11, 2012
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Don't Sanction Iran for Sanctions' Sake
Last week, more than 90 U.S. senators sent a letter to President Obama urging the president to put sanctions upon Iran’s central bank – essentially creating a financial blockade. While existing sanctions have contributed to constraining the Iranian regime’s nuclear program, this latest sanctions proposal could make dealing with Iran harder and war more likely. Before tempting that risk, Washington should clarify the end goal of sanctioning Iran.   Read more »
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Posted by Ben Loehrke on August 16, 2011
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