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Negotiations Back in the Picture
This weekend saw an encouraging resurgence of the word 'negotiations' in the conversation around Iran's nuclear program. After several weeks where talk of military conflict has dominated the discussion, it is a welcome change.  Read more »
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Posted by Margaret Swink on January 24, 2012
NPT, David Ignatius, Media, negotiations, Public Editor, Stuart E. Eizenstat, the Washington Post, Iran
Michael Douglas introduces Countdown to Zero at NPT RevCon
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Posted by Deborah Bain on May 6, 2010
Countdown to Zero, NPT, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Zero, Proliferation
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Why It's Hard to Strengthen the NPT
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Posted by Deborah Bain on May 6, 2010
China, Middle East & Persian Gulf, NPT, Nuclear Weapons, US–Russia, Proliferation, Iran, START, United States
Iran's Incredible Shrinking Influence
The trumpeted U.S.-Iran showdown at the United Nations was over moments after it began. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad strutted and fretted his almost-hour on the stage of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference on May 3. Then U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered her smack down. If it were a boxing match, the refs would have ended it. Read more »
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Posted by Joe Cirincione on May 6, 2010
Middle East & Persian Gulf, NPT, Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation, Iran
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Nuclear Weapons: Beyond Nonproliferation?
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Posted by Deborah Bain on May 4, 2010
NPT, Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation
U.S. to Reveal Size of Nuclear Stockpile
The Obama administration is likely to reveal a closely guarded secret -- the size of the U.S. nuclear stockpile -- perhaps as early as Monday, when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the opening session of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference.  Despite opposition to the move by some within the administration, arms-control activists and officials in the Energy and State departments have argued that making the numbers public would prove how much progress the U.S. government has made in shrinking its Cold War arsenal. Read more »
Posted by Deborah Bain on May 2, 2010
NPT, Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation, United States
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U.S. and Russia to Propose Ban on WMD in the Middle East
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Posted by Deborah Bain on May 2, 2010
Middle East & Persian Gulf, NPT, Nuclear Weapons, US–Russia, Proliferation, Iran, United States
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Ban Ki-moon Urges Activists to be "The Voice of Conscience"
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Posted by Deborah Bain on May 2, 2010
NPT, Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation
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Obstacles to Progress on the NPT
 "Beginning any moment now," writes Robert Wright of the Ploughshares-funded New America Foundation, "you’ll see a month-long trickle of news articles, op-eds and blog posts about the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty review conference, which gets underway in New York City this Monday and lasts through May 28. Read more »
Posted by Deborah Bain on April 27, 2010
NPT, Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation
Joe on NPR: Doing our part to stop proliferation and nuclear terrorism
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Posted by Deborah Bain on April 11, 2010
NPT, nuclear security summit, Nuclear States, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Terrorism, Proliferation, U.S. Nuclear Policy