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January 16, 2014 
Robert E. Kelley, SIPRI
January 2014

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is charged with promoting nuclear energy around
the world and with verifying that nuclear materials in states that have entered into safeguards agreements are only used in peaceful activities.

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Matthew Kroenig, Foreign Affairs
January 7, 2014

Much has changed in the two years since I wrote "Time to Attack Iran," but one basic fact hasn't: diplomacy remains unlikely to neutralize the threat from Iran's nuclear program. A truly comprehensive diplomatic settlement between Iran and the West is still the best possible outcome, but there is little reason to believe that one can be achieved. 

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  Colin H. Kahl, Foreign Affairs
January 7, 2014

In my article "Not Time to Attack Iran" (March/April 2012), I made the case for pursuing a diplomatic solution to the Iranian nuclear challenge, arguing that, because of the risks and costs associated with military action, "force is, and should remain, a last resort, not a first choice." 
Global Security Newswire
January 9, 2014

Iran is at odds with six other countries over uranium-enrichment limits in a November nuclear deal that still has not taken effect, the Associated Press reports. 
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  John Heilprin, Associated Press
January 9, 2014

GENEVA (AP) - Iran's nuclear envoy in Geneva said Friday that an initial agreement has been reached on implementing a nuclear deal with six world powers.
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Dan Williams, Reuters
January 15, 2014

(Reuters) - Turkey has accepted assurances a planned NATO missile defense system in which it is playing a part is not designed to protect Israel as well, the alliance's deputy secretary-general said on Wednesday.
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