Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons

DISARMAMENT: Bridges Could Become Barricades

By Kester Kenn Klomegah
Although the ratification of a new strategic arms reduction treaty (START) with the United States is considered a top priority for the Medvedev administration, experts are debating whether such an agreement could threaten to reduce Russian military power in the future.

Civil Society Challenges Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine

By Thalif Deen
As the world's nuclear powers continue to drag their collective feet, stalling all attempts at nuclear disarmament, a group of peace activists and civil society organisations is vigourously challenging the long-held myth of "nuclear deterrence".

As Talks Stall with Iran, U.S. Steps Up Propaganda War

By Barbara Slavin
Egypt's revolution appears to have stiffened the spine of the Barack Obama administration when it comes to Iran.

U.S.-IRAN: Unrealistic Agenda Undermined Nuke Talks

By IPS Correspondents
No observers of U.S. relations with Iran over the past three decades were surprised when late-January talks in Istanbul failed to hint at, let alone deliver, a breakthrough that would ease tensions between the Islamic Republic and the West.

IRAN: Istanbul Talks Prove to Be a Non-Starter

By Barbara Slavin
Prospects for a negotiated solution of the world's nuclear quarrel with Iran are cloudier in the aftermath of talks in Istanbul that ended without even an agreement to meet again.

US-IRAN: Glimmer of Hope on Eve of New Nuclear Talks

By Jim Lobe
While expectations for any major breakthroughs in the latest round of talks between Iran and the major powers are virtually nonexistent, the two-day meeting that begins Friday in Istanbul could help ease growing tensions over Iran's nuclear programme.

JAPAN: Call for Nuclear-Free Zone

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
Defusing the North Korean crisis can be achieved with a bolder military alliance, say Japan, South Korea and the United States. But peace proponents beg to differ, arguing that inclusion and engagement with the Stalinist state and its ally China is the only way to build trust and lay the foundation for stability at long last in East Asia.

Clinton Raises Curtain for Upcoming Hu-Obama Summit

By Aprille Muscara
Ahead of a key bilateral summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese leader Hu Jintao, which begins here Tuesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a sweeping China-U.S. policy speech Friday, setting the tone for next week's meet.

India Gathers Military Might

By Peter Custers
Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev signed a large number of contracts with India during a two-day visit to New Delhi in December. These deals were part of a series of agreements that have placed India in progressively more advantageous positions in global arms markets.

Sanctions Forced Iran to Slash Bloated Energy Subsidies

By Barbara Slavin
Touring Iran's Arab rivals this week, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sounded almost triumphant as she asserted that economic sanctions have helped slow Tehran's nuclear progress.

WIKILEAKS: Africa Offers Easy Uranium

By Julio Godoy
Wikileaks cables have revealed a disturbing development in the African uranium mining industry: abysmal safety and security standards in the mines, nuclear research centres, and border customs are enabling international companies to exploit the mines and smuggle dangerous radioactive material across continents.

Obama Scores Win with New START Ratification

By Jim Lobe
U.S. President Barack Obama scored key wins Wednesday in both foreign policy and domestic politics as more than the required two-thirds of the Senate - including 13 Republicans who defied their party's leadership - voted to ratify the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia.

U.S. Readies New Sanctions on Iran Ahead of Talks

By Barbara Slavin
The Barack Obama administration is preparing a new batch of sanctions against Iran to be announced next week in advance of nuclear talks in Turkey.

U.S.: Pakistani Ambassador Unknowingly Hosted Neocon Fundraiser

By IPS Correspondents
Amid putting on a two-and-a-half day conference focused on escalating measures against Iran, a neoconservative think-tank held a fundraiser at the residence of Pakistan's ambassador to the U.S., according to an IPS investigation.
Iran's then Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki addresses a press conference at the United Nations in October 2009. Credit: UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras

IRAN: Minister’s Sacking Shores Up Ahmadinejad’s Power Base

By Omid Memarian
While Iran gears up for a second round of nuclear talks with Western countries next month, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's abrupt dismissal of his foreign minister on Monday indicates a new power struggle with moderate conservatives that could alter the tone and face of Iran's foreign policy machinery in the years to come.

Debunking the Nuclear Deterrence Myth

By Kanya D'Almeida
When the horrors of the Cold War began to wane in the late 1980s, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev met in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik to discuss the "complete abolition of nuclear weapons".

Senate Hawks Push Obama on ‘Zero Enrichment’ for Tehran

By IPS Correspondents
Five senators sent a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama Monday warning the administration not to offer concessions in upcoming talks with Iran over its nuclear programme. If Obama takes the advice, experts say, it could sink his engagement efforts with Tehran.

Mideast Peace Key to Countering Iran, Arabs Told U.S. Diplomats

By Jim Lobe and Eli Clifton
Gleeful Israeli leaders and their neo-conservative supporters here have spent much of the past week insisting that the State Department cables published by Wikileaks prove that Sunni Arab leaders in the Middle East are far more preoccupied with the threat posed by an ascendant and possibly nuclear Iran than with a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Time Runs Short for Progress on Iran Nuke Talks

By Barbara Slavin
The first meeting between Iran and the world's major powers in more than a year ended Tuesday with little to show apart from a vague promise to meet again next month in Turkey.

Cables Belie Gulf States’ Backing for Strikes on Iran

By Jim Lobe and Gareth Porter
The dominant theme that emerged in U.S. media coverage of the first round of Wikileaks diplomatic cables last week was that Arab regimes in the Gulf - led by Saudi Arabia - shared Israel's view that Iran's nuclear programme had to be stopped by military force, if necessary.

Obama Pushes START Treaty to Top of Legislative Agenda

By Jim Lobe
With time running out before he faces a much more hostile and Republican Congress, President Barack Obama appears to have made Senate ratification of the pending New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) with Russia his top legislative priority.
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