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New Team, New Term, New Nuclear Policy
On the radar: “Obama’s Nuclear Future”; Lessons on Pakistan’s tac nukes; Interim Pu strategy; Doubts on North Korea sanctions; Queen Noor talks nukes; and Visit Berlin’s loveliest fallout shelter.   Read more »
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Posted on March 7, 2013
Congress Moving New Sanctions on North Korea
  On the radar: Sanctioning the highly sanctioned; Korb on nuclear arsenal, savings; Controlling the undefined; IAEA-Iran talks inconclusive; Iran’s magnet order; New reductions, tough sell; Interpreting the test, and WMD response capabilities in question.   Read more »
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Posted on February 14, 2013
A Fact-Based Discussion of Options with Iran
  On the radar: Pickering, Zinni, and Walsh; P5+1 proposal for Iran in the works; the Uncertain future of Nunn-Lugar; Blown red lines; the Bombs we left behind; Sen. Alexander on Y-12 security; and the fascinating, harmful world of Plutonium.   Read more »
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Posted on October 12, 2012
Nuclear Insecurity in Pakistan
  On the radar: Arms races, tac nukes, and terrorism; Germany to keep nukes; the Future of US-Pakistan engagement; Iran’s program not weaponizing; Three things to know about IAEA report; and Cheaters still not prospering.   Read more »
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Posted on September 6, 2012
A Golden Mistake
The B61 life extension program gets a gold medal for setting records as the most expensive nuclear warhead in U.S. history. It also gets another ignominious recognition – costing more than its weight in solid gold. Read more »
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Posted by Ben Loehrke on July 30, 2012
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European Leadership Network Visits Washington
Last week, a British-German delegation of the European Leadership Network (ELN) made the rounds in Washington. ELN, a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in the United Kingdom, works to promote the idea of multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The group has built and continues to expand an impressive, high-level network of senior political, military and diplomatic leaders. Read more »
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Posted by Rebecca Remy on April 23, 2012
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