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Arms Control and the Next Four Years
  On the radar: NYT on foreign policy priorities; U.S. interests in a deal with Iran; Just do it; Outlook for Mid-East WMDFZ; Iran talks Parchin; and Pakistani and Indian Scientists on the bomb.   Read more »
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Posted on November 12, 2012
Cuban Missile Crisis: Where Could It Happen Today?
Things have changed since 1962. Hippies have given way to hipsters, cellphones give you the news faster than the local news team can, only two Beatles are left, and the Soviet Union doesn’t even exist anymore. The Cold War atmosphere has evaporated and the risk of all-out nuclear war has dramatically decreased. However, a similar type of nuclear crisis that happened in Cuba in 1962 unfortunately could still happen today. Read more »
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Posted by Jessica Sleight on October 25, 2012
Cuba, Cuban Missile Crisis, India, Nuclear Zero, Russia, Pakistan
The Value of Talks with Iran
  On the radar: Talk of talks with Iran; Candidates’ opportunity on arms control; Tell me how this ends; Russia tests triad; Ohio by way of Virginia; Toward a modern US nuclear posture; Lessons on Iran from 50 years ago; Russia sells missiles to India; and Palomares still not cleaned up.   Read more »
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Posted on October 22, 2012
Arms Control Should be a Priority for Next Administration
  On the radar: Pifer and O’Hanlon on arms control; Avoiding a repeat of the Iraq debacle; Ohio-class replacement; D’Agostino and Albright on NIF; McNamara on abolishing nuclear weapons; CMRR reprogramming stalled; and Strengthening India-Pakistan trade.   Read more »
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Posted on October 19, 2012
Hadley: Time to Examine and Debate Options with Iran
On the radar: Costs and benefits of 8 approaches; Israeli Foreign ministry contradicts Israeli PM on sanctions; Sec. Harold Brown on nuclear war-planning; China-India Nuclear Crossroads; ICBM C2; Last Resort tonight at 8:00; and The Onion’s take on Ahmadinejad’s speech.   Read more »
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Posted on September 27, 2012
Under the Radar: Nuclear Expansion in South Asia
As the threat of a nuclear Iran dominates the nonproliferation arena, India and Pakistan are quietly, but significantly, expanding their nuclear weapons arsenals. A new report released this month on India’s nuclear forces by Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris in the Ploughshares-supported Bulletin of Atomic Scientists underscored the fast pace of India’s nuclear modernization. Read more »
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Posted by Leah Fae Cochran on August 13, 2012
South Asia, nonproliferation, Nuclear disarmament, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, India, Nuclear Forces, Pakistan
The IAEA’s Role in Breaking the Deadlock with Iran
On the radar: Coming clean to the IAEA; the Problems with loose war talk; a Personal account from July 16, 1945; India’s developing arsenal; Kim Jong-Un purges top official; Another former Israeli official opposes strikes; and Why a Nuke Won’t Stop a Hurricane.   Read more »
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Posted on July 16, 2012
A billion people at risk?
The following is a guest post from Ashish Sinha, Program Manager at Physicians for Social Responsibility. In recent weeks, nuclear-capable missile tests by North Korea, India, and Pakistan have reminded all of us why national security experts continue to feel South Asia and the Korean Peninsula represent among the highest risks to international peace and stability. Read more »
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Posted by admin on May 8, 2012
South Asia, North Korea, Nuclear disarmament, Ashish Sinha, India, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, Ira Helfand, Nuclear Famine, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Partners, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Report, Russia, Pakistan
Interests, Red Lines, and Patience with North Korea
On the radar: Gallucci on North Korea; Khan’s 4th customer; Ross on pressuring Iran; New START one year on; Uranium sales vs. nonpro standards; a More hostile relationship; India-Pakistan confidence building; and the Silver linings of 2011. Read more »
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Posted on December 23, 2011
Day #9: Paving a Path to Peace
South Asia is one of the world’s nuclear hotspots. Pakistan posesses the one of the world’s fastest growing nuclear arsenals and is politically unstable. India, also armed with nuclear weapons, has been to war with Pakistan three times in the last three decades. And Afghanistan, plagued by war and terrorism, threatens to destabilize the region. Read more »
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Posted by admin on December 21, 2011
Afghanistan, Women's Security Network, 12 Days of Ploughshares, atlantic council, Center for Strategic and International Studies, India, International Crisis Group, Mumbai, Nuclear proliferation, Partners, Pakistan