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New Talks with Iran
The United States, along with the other permanent members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany (P5+1), are set to resume negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program on February 26 in Kazakhstan. Read more »
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Posted by Rebecca Remy on February 7, 2013
Diplomacy, Arms Control Association, Daryl Kimball, Grantee, Greg Thielmann, Kelsey Davenport, Military Option, Nuclear Weapons, Partners, Tom Collina, Iran
Misplaced Priorities: $31 Billion Per Year on Strategic Nuclear Forces
  On the radar: Misplaced priorities; What nuclear weapons cost; Thinking through the military option; No Parchin agreement; Mousavian Memoir; The nuclear weapons lobby; CMRR’s uncertain fate; Nuclear security in Jordan; and UFO or ICBM?   Read more »
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Posted on June 11, 2012
Listen to Defense Leaders on Iran
On the radar: A serious conversation on Iran; The danger of saber-rattling; Budget triggers and nuclear cuts; Beyond Cold War thinking; Containing Iran; CMRR expensive and unnecessary; China's nuclear forces; Misreading Iran; and "nuclear turkeys." Read more »
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Posted on November 15, 2011
Debating the Military Option
On the radar: Readout of Iran comments from the GOP debate; Powell gives caution; Polls show caution; Military option would be “counterproductive and ineffective”; Zakaria on next steps; Pentagon eyes nuclear, budget cuts; ISIS on the military dimensions; Explosion kills Iranian missile expert; Legal perspective on the Iran report; and the Economics of cooperation. Read more »
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Posted on November 14, 2011