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Debate: On the Right Nuclear Weapons Track

(March 8) -- President Barack Obama has resumed a vital post-Cold War chore interrupted by his predecessor -- reducing America's nuclear arsenal. The White House reportedly is putting the final touches on its Nuclear Posture Review, which aims to reinforce the world's nonproliferation regime without undercutting...

Debate: Waiting for Obama's Policy on Nukes

(March 8) -- To defense experts, "NPR" stands not for "National Public Radio" but for the "Nuclear Posture Review" -- the reassessment of nuclear weapons policy U.S. presidents customarily undertake upon taking office. NPRs produce guidance used to direct management of the U.S. nuclear weapons infrastructure, Pentagon...

IAEA Suspects Iran Is Working on Nuclear Payload

(Feb. 18) -- The International Atomic Energy Agency suspects that Iran may be developing "a nuclear payload for a missile," according to a restricted report sent to the agency's board Thursday by Director General Yukiya Amano. The Vienna-based agency's suspicions come amid a global diplomatic push by the Obama...

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Former U.S. nuclear commander startles with proposal to cut weapons arsenal by 80%

The chairman of a House subcommittee that helps shape the nation's nuclear arsenal, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), has been scathing about the Obama administration's consideration of new cuts in the arsenal's size.

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Liaquat Ali Khan: Attacking Iran Is Illegal

The United States and Israel have launched a vociferous global campaign to justify an attack on the Iranian nuclear facilities.

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Lawrence Wittner: Mohamed ElBaradei's The Age of Deception

Can international diplomacy cope with the nuclear dangers that now threaten global survival?

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Madison Schramm: Iran's Nuclear Program -- Deal With It

Iran's nuclear program has been one headache after another for the United States.

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The Relevance of Israel's Nuclear Ambiguity in an Era of Radical Political Change

Since Israel first built its Dimona nuclear facility in the late 1950s it has been harshly criticized from a variety of quarters for its lack of transparency and candor regarding its nuclear capabilities.

Background on nuclear nonproliferation

Nuclear proliferation is a term now used to describe the spread of nuclear weapons, fissile material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information, to nations which are not recognized as "Nuclear Weapon States" by the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, also known as the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty or NPT.

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