Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons

Daisaku Ikeda Credit: Seikyo Shimbun

Q&A: 'Closer Now to a Nuke-Free World'

By Daisaku Ikeda
A world free of nuclear weapons is no longer utopia - it is a concrete possibility, says Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Buddhist association Soka Gokkai International (SGI).

MIDEAST: A Good Time Not to Make Peace

By IPS Correspondents
Most analysts agree that the past week of Middle East diplomacy has actually set back the cause of peacemaking. If they are right that the intensive U.S.-led effort has actually diminished prospects for a breakthrough towards Palestinian-Israel peace, who is to blame?

IRAN: New Nuke Charges Raise Stakes in Upcoming Talks

By Jim Lobe
Charges by U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain Friday that Iran is building a secret underground plant to enrich uranium appear certain to heighten tensions just days before critical talks between Tehran and its three accusers, as well as Germany, China and Russia.
U.S. Pres. Barack Obama speaks with British Prime Minister Gordon prior to the Security Council Summit on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament. Credit: Bomoon Lee/IPS

POLITICS: Obama Seeks U.N. Backing for Nuke-Free World

By Thalif Deen
When Barack Obama chaired a summit meeting of the Security Council Thursday - a historic first for a U.S. president - his primary motive was to push for his ambitious, long-term agenda for "a world without nuclear weapons".

IRAN: Poll Finds Public Support for Nuke Power over Weapons

By Eli Clifton
A poll released Tuesday shows that Iranians are still strongly in favour of continuing their government's nuclear programme, but are open to compromises which would permit uranium enrichment while allowing international inspectors access to ensure that no bomb-making activities are taking place if sanctions are dropped.

POLITICS: Nuclear Agency Demanding Iranian Missile Blueprints

By Gareth Porter
Iran stopped meeting with the International Atomic Energy Agency last year over Western allegations of covert Iranian nuclear weapons work because the nuclear agency was demanding access to the designs for its Shahab-3 missile and other secret military data, according to both Iranian and IAEA officials.

POLITICS: Libya’s Mercurial Leader Keeps U.N. Guessing

By Thalif Deen
Libyan leader Muammar el-Qaddafi, who will be making his maiden appearance before the United Nations next week, has been described as a gadfly with a penchant for stirring up controversies.

POLITICS: Obama and Netanyahu Still Tussling over Priorities

By Helena Cobban
As world leaders prepare to gather here for the all-star "general debate" at the U.N. General Assembly on Sep. 23, two of them - U.S. Pres. Barack Obama and Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu - are still tussling over whether to prioritise their anti-Iran campaign or the push for a Palestinian-Israeli peace.

U.S.: Obama Scraps Missile Defence in Czech Republic, Poland

By Jim Lobe
In a move with potentially major strategic implications, U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday he is scrapping plans by the George W. Bush administration to deploy long-range-missile defence systems in Poland and the Czech Republic.

POLITICS: Libya Brings Focused Agenda to U.N. Presidency

By Thalif Deen
Dr. Ali Abdussalam Treki of Libya, the newly-anointed president of the 192-member U.N. General Assembly, hails from a country with a mostly radical and far-reaching political agenda.

POLITICS: IAEA Conceals Evidence Iran Documents Were Forged

By Gareth Porter
The International Atomic Energy Agency says its present objective regarding Iran is to try to determine whether the intelligence documents purportedly showing a covert Iranian nuclear weapons programme from 2001 to 2003 are authentic or not. The problem, according to its reports, is that Iran refuses to help clarify the issue.

US-IRAN: War Drums Begin Beating in Washington

By Daniel Luban and Jim Lobe
As nuclear negotiations between Iran and the West continue to move slowly, U.S. President Barack Obama is coming under growing pressure from what appears to be a concerted lobbying and media campaign urging him to act more aggressively to stop Iran's nuclear programme.

MIDEAST: Israel Taking Sharp Measures Over Iran

By IPS Correspondents
Questions about Iran's nuclear thrust are tumbling out, echoing around the world in several directions.

LATIN AMERICA: "The More Guns, the More Violence"

By Emilio Godoy
Traffic in light weapons and small arms is one of Latin America's major disarmament concerns, because they fuel urban violence, especially in countries like Mexico, Guatemala and Brazil.

POLITICS-US: Obama Struggles to Regain Early Momentum

By Daniel Luban and Eli Clifton
The United States Congress returns to work Tuesday after a turbulent summer recess that has raised doubts over President Barack Obama's ability to face down domestic opposition from Republicans and enforce party cohesion on issues ranging from healthcare reform to troop commitments in the increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan.

DISARMAMENT: Africa Joins the Nuclear-Free Club

By Fareed Mahdy
Africa, the second-largest continent after Asia, has now become the world's largest nuclear-free zone comprising 53 countries with about a billion people. This means denuclearisation of one of the richest uranium producing regions.

POLITICS: ElBaradei Foes Leak Stories to Force His Hand on Iran

By Gareth Porter
Western officials leaked stories to the Associated Press and Reuters last week aimed at pressuring the outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, to include a summary of intelligence alleging that Iran has been actively pursuing work on nuclear weapons in the IAEA report due out this week.

DISARMAMENT: Egypt Rejects U.S. Nuclear Umbrella

By Fareed Mahdy
The spectre of a U.S. nuclear umbrella for the Middle East haunted the U.S.- Egyptian summit this week. In the run-up to President Hosni Mubarak's first Washington visit in five years, both the Egyptian leader and his senior aides categorically rejected an undeclared U.S. offer to guarantee defence of the region against atomic weapons as part of a comprehensive Middle East peace plan.

POLITICS: Obama to Bolster Nuclear Disarmament at U.N.

By Thalif Deen
When U.S. President Barack Obama presides over a meeting of world leaders in the Security Council on Sep. 24, he will provide a high profile political platform for two of the most sensitive issues at the United Nations: nuclear non- proliferation and nuclear disarmament.

NORTH KOREA: After Clinton’s Trip, More Questions Than Answers Remain

By Eli Clifton
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s trip to North Korea to secure the release of two U.S. journalists has called attention to the lack of engagement over the past five-months since Pyongyang quit the six-party talks.

IRAN: Nuclear Capability After 2013, Says U.S. Intelligence

By Daniel Luban
Iran is unlikely to be able to produce the highly enriched uranium (HEU) necessary for a nuclear weapon until at least 2013, according to a U.S. government intelligence estimate made public Thursday.
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