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In the last of a three-segment piece for Voice of America, Ploughshares Fund Program Director Paul Carroll discusses Russia’s role in the six-party talks with North Korea. North Korea has refused to participate after a U.N. rebuke following its recent launch, but Russia recently offered North Korea use of Russian territory for future satellite launches.
To American eyes the struggle raging in Pakistan with the Taliban is about religious fanaticism. But in Pakistan it is about an explosive fusion of Islamist zeal and simmering ethnic tensions that have been exacerbated by U.S. pressures for military action against the Taliban and its al-Qaeda allies. Understanding the ethnic dimension of the conflict is the key to a successful strategy for separating the Taliban from al-Qaeda and stabilizing multiethnic Pakistan politically.
Katrina Vanden Heuvel featured the final meeting of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission in a blog for the Nation. Participants included Ploughshares Fund and several of its grantees, such as Global Zero
"The hawking of Mother's Day is hardly new," writes Ruth Rosen in Slate, noting the "stampede" of appeals from nonprofits offering merchandise and soliciting contributions in the name of Mother's Day.
Most of my nonproliferation colleagues think that having the United States help build a nuclear power reactor for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a great idea. I think it is a big mistake.
Most of my nonproliferation colleagues think that having the United States help build a nuclear power reactor for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a great idea. I think it is a big mistake.
A South Korean newspaper reported an increase in people and vehicle traffic at the site of North Korea's October 2006 nuclear test, potentially in preparation for another underground test. The paper also reported accelerated construction at a new long-range missile launch site at Donchang-ri.
After international condemnation of its long range missile test, North Korea announced it would boycott the talks on its nuclear program. However, Ploughshares Program Director