On the radar: Why we should keep fighting for a deal; Obama mulls an extension; Avoiding war by making a deal; the Argument for putting Iran’s PMDs behind us; an Iranian political prisoner on why we need a deal; a Realist’s perspective on dealmaking; Seeking Catherine Ashton’s replacement; the Pitfalls of a smaller non-proliferation budget; U.S. nuclear weapons lab flunks safety inspection; Increasing cooperation on nuclear forensics; Hand over fist for GBMD; Still paying for mothballed MOX; and Building new tools for nuclear verification.
On the radar: Gaps closing as time draws near; Sticking points; Keep talking; Security and human rights; Why ‘breakout’ is a bad metric; Sanctions’ unintended consequences; Disaster-at-sea, nuclear edition; and the Solid rocket fuel blues.
On the radar: Americans widely favor an Iran deal; Kerry from Vienna; Congress taking steering wheel from negotiators; How to ease sanctions under deal; Iran hints at concession; Tea leaves on extension; Iran sanctions have hurt the U.S. economy too; and Nuclear subs sink Navy Destroyer budget.
On the radar: Iraq and an Iran deal; Kerry and Zarif meet; Zarif renews pledge; Iran keeps to JPOA; Layered negotiations; Congress and an extension; UK paper on Iran; No Iranian ICBM in 2015; SecAF’s turbulent first months; N. Korea continues to launch missiles at water; Activists call for new UPF environmental impact study; and Indecision on GBIs.
On the radar: The key to solving the Iran nuclear puzzle; Iran signals Fordow compromise; Congress wants say on the deal; Russia’s optimism; About that uranium in Iraq; Iran and an international nuclear fuel bank; U.S.-China cooperation; and the Next U.S. ambassador to Russia.
On the radar: Boomer dives into slush fund; Bomber in stealth mode; Hagel at SSBN base; Cutting nuclear waste; Sending ministers to Vienna; Iraq loses some uranium compounds, inks nuclear security treaty; MOX in veto threat; Safety concerns at Hanford; and All of the problems with the NNSA in one graphic.
On the radar: Counting the SWUs; Diplomacy’s positive results; the Navy’s fantasy shipbuilding plan; Sherwood-Randall to DOE; Coming clean on the 1953 coup; Russia test-fires new interceptor; and Missileers’ heavy burden.
On the radar: Nuclear submarine funding levels unsustainable; ICBMs are old; Sec. Kerry and FMs may join Iran talks; Russia to revamp nuclear missile force; North Korea’s growing capacity to produce nukes; the National Nuclear Insecurity Administration; Japan commits to nuclear security; and Mexico secures stolen radioactive material.