He warned us. On Jan. 27, 2003, Mohamed ElBaradei told the United Nations Security Council that his initial inspections had revealed no evidence of nuclear-weapons activities in Iraq. The next day, ignoring this new intelligence, President George W. Bush presented an urgent case for military action in his State of the Union address, and The New York Times, The Washington Post , and most leading experts followed Bush’s lead: Saddam was building a bomb, and war was the only way to stop him. Read more »
In a stunning trans-Atlantic announcement on December 19, 2003, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bush said Libya had agreed, after nine months of secret talks, to publicly disclose and dismantle all nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs; to limit its missiles to a range of less than 300 km; and to open the country immediately to comprehensive inspections to verify its compliance. Read more »
As a free Egypt transforms itself, analysts are nervously watching for signs of new nuclear ambitions. Concern revolves around three issues: Read more »
With Egypt's revolutionary protests dominating the news, Mohamed ElBaradei has been in the spotlight as an important political figure in a new Egypt. But in the United States, ElBaradei is far more famous as the Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) who won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for his efforts to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons around the world. Read more »
As the 189 signatories to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty gather in New York this week for the five-year review of the progress toward the goals of the treaty, Ploughshares Fund staff, board members and grantees are providing analysis and commentary on the range of issues under discussion, from Iran's nuclear program to global efforts to achieve a nuclear weapon-free world. Read more »
Iran has made headlines this week due to the news of a trilateral deal to transfer 1200 kg of LEU with Turkey and Brazil. The deal could signal real progress in clarifying the nature of Iran's nuclear program, or it could be another instance of Iran dangling cooperation in front of the international community, only to rip it away at the last minute. Read more »
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