• Sep 28, 2009

    by Raja Karthikeya

    The U.S.-sponsored Security Council resolution on non-proliferation that was passed last week has enraged India. The resolution called on all non-signatories to the NPT to join the treaty as "non-nuclear weapons states." India sent the President of the General Assembly a strongly worded letter saying it would not accept externally prescribed norms on issues that conflicted with its sovereignty.

  • Sep 28, 2009

    FISSILE MATERIAL
    Iran Reported to Have Tested Long-Range Missiles
    NYT by Alan Cowell

    Cryptic Iranian Note Ignited an Urgent Nuclear Strategy Debate
    NYT by Helene Cooper and Mark Mazzetti

    On nuke arms, 2010 will challenge Obama
    AP by Charles J. Hanley

    India stays firm, rejects NPT, CTBT
    Economic Times by Nirmala Ganapathy

  • Sep 26, 2009

    The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) released a report with images of two possible locations of the enrichment facility at Qom.  According to the report:

    ISIS has obtained satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe of two possible locations of the gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facility under construction near Qom, Iran. Both are tunnel facilities located within military compounds approximately 30-40 kilometers away from Qom (see images below).

    Facility #1
    Located North East of Qom
    Coordinates: 34.88459, 50.99596

    Facility #2
    Located North West of Qom.
    Coordinates: 34.94373, 50.76056

  • Sep 25, 2009

    FISSILE MATERIAL
    U.S. to Accuse Iran of Having Secret Nuclear Fuel Facility
    NYT by David E. Sanger

    Iran Reveals Second Uranium Enrichment Plant
    WSJ by Jonathan Weisman, David Crawford, and Siobhan Gorman

    Two First Steps on Nuclear Weapons
    NYT by Mikhail Gorbachev

    Will Not Sign NPT, CTBT: India Tells U.S.
    RTT News

  • Sep 25, 2009

    The big news this morning is that Iran may have a second enrichment facility that has previously been unreported to the UN.  According to the New York Times, President Obama, along with Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, will go public with the accusation today.  According to the report, the US has known about the facility for some time, but is just now deciding to come forward:

  • Sep 24, 2009

    FISSILE MATERIAL
    The nuclear tipping point
    The Guardian by Franco Frattini, George Shultz and Sam Nunn

    No nukes is good news

  • Sep 23, 2009

    The transcript from Obama's speech at the UN meeting is up.

  • Sep 23, 2009

    FISSILE MATERIAL
    China, Russia wouldn't block new Iran sanctions:EU
    Reuters by Louis Charbonneau

    China Firms Selling Fuel to Iran as U.S. Sanctions Loom

  • Sep 22, 2009

    FISSILE MATERIAL
    Grand bargain: rhetoric vs. the real deal
    Korea Herald by Kim Ji-hyun

    U.S. and Iran Heading Into Talks Worlds Apart

  • Sep 21, 2009

    The Guardian is reporting that Obama has stamped a draft of the NPR return to sender.  Julian Borger claims

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