Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons

POLITICS: Indo-US Nuclear Deal Tests Japan’s Policies

By Suvendrini Kakuchi
Japan's nuclear power industry is under the spotlight again as the world debates the nuclear proliferation controversy in Iran and North Korea and Tokyo comes under pressure from the United States to support its own nuclear cooperation pact with India.

POLITICS-US: Neo-Con Favourite Declares World War III

By Jim Lobe
Two years before the 2008 presidential election, Newt Gingrich, the former Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, is trying desperately to grab the national spotlight by declaring he'd be a lot tougher than the George W. Bush in prosecuting what he calls "World War III".

ASIA-9/11: GWOT Leaves Region in Turmoil

By IPS Correspondents
Five years after U.S. President George W. Bush launched his "global war on terrorism" (GWOT), the world has become more unsafe, more divided, more strife-prone, more paranoid, and ironically, more vulnerable to terrorism.

POLITICS: EU and Iran Find Their Roles Reversed

By IPS Correspondents
Scheduled talks between Javier Solana, high representative for the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy, and Iran's National Security Advisor Ali Larijani were postponed Wednesday over disagreements on the nature of the exchange - would the parties discuss or negotiate?

POLITICS-US: Intel Estimate on Iran Blocks Neo-Con Plans

By Gareth Porter
In the struggle over U.S. policy toward Iran, neoconservatives in the George W. Bush administration spoiling for an attack on Iran's nuclear sites have been seeking to convince the public that the United States must strike before an Iranian nuclear weapons capability becomes inevitable.

POLITICS: Snubbed by US, Pakistan Doing Nuclear Deal With China

By IPS Correspondents
Pakistan's growing nuclear energy needs and its leaders' determination to look to China for investment and know-how in the field are proving an important incentive for the latter's ambitions of becoming a global player in the nuclear power industry.

RIGHTS-IRAN: On Bail, Jahanbegloo Tells US to Let Iranians Be

By IPS Correspondents
One of Iran's best-known intellectuals Ramin Jahanbegloo, who was released on bail this week after spending four months in prison on charges of compromising national security, has said it would be best for the United States and its institutions to avoid contacting prominent Iranians.

POLITICS: Diplomacy Intensifies on Iran’s Nuke Programme

By Haider Rizvi
As the U.N. Security Council deadline elapsed for Iran to halt its uranium enrichment-related activities Thursday, the United States renewed threats of a possible international economic blockade of Tehran.

POLITICS-US: Neo-Cons Denounce Khatami Visit as “Appeasement”

By Jim Lobe
Next week's visit to the United States of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has been strongly denounced by hard-line neo-conservatives and other hawks here as "appeasement".

RELIGION: More Politics Than Faith at Global Meet

By IPS Correspondents
While delegates to the World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP) keep highlighting the value of religion in resolving conflicts, the discussions at the 8th assembly, underway here, are decidedly political.

POLITICS-US: Republican Report Hypes Iran Threat

By Jim Lobe
In what some critics describe as a replay of the run-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Republican chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the House of Representatives has released a report suggesting Iran may acquire nuclear weapons much more quickly than U.S. intelligence agencies believe.

IRAN: Europe Has Six Days to Resolve Suspension Dilemma

By IPS Correspondents
After months of bickering over arbitrary deadlines, the Iranian government delivered its long-awaited response to the P5+1 package punctually on the eve of its self-imposed deadline Tuesday.

IRAN: Tough Barganing Ahead Over Nuclear Issue

By IPS Correspondents
Iran's response to the nuclear incentives package offered by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) plus Germany (P5+1) is a sign that there could be tough bargaining ahead of the Aug. 31 deadline for this country to stop uranium enrichment or face sanctions.

POLITICS: Bush Ensured Iran Offer Would Be Rejected

By Gareth Porter
Even before Iran gave its formal counter-offer to ambassadors of the P5+1 countries (the U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China) Tuesday, the George W. Bush administration had already begun the process of organising sanctions against Iran.

POLITICS-INDIA: Nuclear Deal With US Clears Domestic Opposition

By IPS Correspondents
The controversial United States-India nuclear cooperation agreement has overcome a major domestic obstacle in the form of a threat by India's major opposition parties to press for a Parliamentary resolution which would have tied the Manmohan Singh government's hands in final-stage bargaining with Washington.

MIDEAST: Was Israel’s Aim to Clear Path for US War on Iran?

By Gareth Porter
Israel has argued that the war against Hezbollah's rocket arsenal was a defensive response to the Shiite organisation's threat to Israeli security, but the evidence points to a much more ambitious objective - the weakening of Iran's deterrent to an attack on its nuclear sites.

POLITICS: Activists Recall Hiroshima as Nuclear Worries Grow

By IPS Correspondents
As the war between Israel and Lebanon approaches the one-month mark and the U.S. continues to pursue expansion of its nuclear arsenal, people around the world will stop to remember Aug. 7, 1945.

POLITICS-INDIA: Hamstrung on Israel by Nuclear Deal With US

By IPS Correspondents
A major rift has opened up between the Indian government and domestic public opinion over Israel's recent military actions in the Gaza Strip and its invasion of Lebanon which has led to hundreds of civilian deaths over three weeks..

POLITICS: Defiant Iran Shrugs Off Security Council Ultimatum

By Haider Rizvi
Iran accused the United States and its allies on Monday of trying to use the United Nations Security Council as a cover to justify their "threats of resorting to force" against the Islamic Republic.

MIDEAST: Iran Walks Razor’s Edge in Israel-Lebanon Conflict

By Omid Memarian
Despite Iran's strong rhetoric condemning Israel's military onslaught against Lebanon, Tehran, which is accused by the U.S. of supplying weapons to Hezbollah, has become cautious in supporting its most flourishing investment abroad.

POLITICS: U.N. Sanctions on Iran Recede Further

By Haider Rizvi
Russia and China, two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, have dismissed media speculation that they had reached an informal deal with the United States and its European allies on threats to impose sanctions on Iran.
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