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From Khamenei, Conditions for a Deal on Iran's Nuclear Program
Haleh Esfandiari, The Wall Street Journdal
February 8, 2015
Americans may be surprised to learn that Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and President Barack Obama are on the same page about at least one aspect of the negotiations over Iran's nuclear program. Echoing Mr. Obama's oft-stated view that "no deal is better than a bad deal," Mr. Khamenei said on Sunday, "We are of the same opinion." He even suggested he would support the right deal. But this doesn't mean a nuclear agreement is in the offing.
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India's Bilateral Obligations
Mark Hibbs, Arms Control Wonk
February 7, 2015
On Monday, February 9 and Wednesday, February 11, the Australian parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties (JSCOT) will take up Australia's nuclear cooperation agreement with India. According to a National Interest Statement from the Australian government, the agreement will enter into force after the JSCOT hearing and after parliament finds that the agreement meets Australia's legal requirements for EIF.
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The Nuclear Trials of Ashton Carter
Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Policy
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing for Ashton Carter's nomination as secretary of defense. The confirmation hearing was smooth - if not for the president's foreign policy, then for Carter himself. And deservedly so. Carter is superbly qualified to be the next Pentagon chief. And the president should be thankful he agreed to serve.
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The 5 Most Dangerous Nuclear Threats
No One is Talking About
Zachary Keck, The National Interest
February 1, 2015
Since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have occupied a hallowed place in U.S. national security. Indeed, during the dawn of the nuclear era, a whole new academic discipline-strategic studies-sprung up to provide the intellectual foundations for policy makers grappling with these earth-shattering issues. Moreover, while easy (convenient?) to forget today, nuclear weapons were central to America's strategy for defending Europe from the numerically superior Soviet military.
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Obama Proposes to Boost Spending for Nuclear Armaments
Douglas Birch, The Center for Public Integrity
January 27, 2015
The Obama administration has proposed to boost spending on the U.S. stockpile of nuclear warheads at a higher rate than for many other military programs, according to White House budget documents published February 2.
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President's '16 Budget Calls for Unsustainable, Unnecessary Nuclear Weapons Spending
Kingston Reif, Arms Control Association
February 3, 2015
On February 2 the Obama administration released its fiscal year (FY) 2016 federal budget request. The request is the administration's biggest down payment to date on a planned unaffordable and unsustainable nuclear spending binge to rebuild all three legs of the nuclear triad and their associated warheads and supporting infrastructure.
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EVENT: Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference
March 23, 2015 - March 24, 2015
Washington, DC
The 2015 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference will take place March 23 and 24, 2015 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, DC.
The conference will bring together over 800 experts and officials from more than 45 countries and international organizations to discuss emerging trends in nuclear nonproliferation, disarmament, deterrence, and nuclear energy.
Registration is now open.
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China and the Iranian Nuclear Negotiations
Tong Zhao, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
February 2, 2015
Despite continued attempts to reach a comprehensive deal on Iran's nuclear program, the new deadlines for a framework agreement by March 2015 and a final long-term arrangement by the end of June 2015 are fast approaching. A round of talks in Geneva in January 2015 failed to achieve a breakthrough and, with heightened efforts to derail the talks by hardliners in several key countries, the prospects for a timely deal have become increasingly uncertain.
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