- IAEA continues its plea for more information
- Dialogue remains at standstill but resumption of talks possible in late autumn
- United States continues to lead international sanctions drive
- Iran suffers cybe
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SEPTEMBER 2010
This month we launched our new website, which has been designed and re-focused on our Getting to Zero programme.
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes to send New START to the full Senate
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed by a 14-4 vote to send the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) to the full Senate for advice and consent to ratification.
The treaty requires support from two-thirds of the full Senate. It is uncertain whether this process will be completed by the end of the year. If the treaty is approved by both Russia and the United States, it will limit their arsenals to 1,550 deployed strategic nuclear warheads on each side.
For more information on the New START agreement and the U.S. Senate, see:
A crisis in financing Britain’s replacement of Trident?
It is time to reassess options for the replacement of the Trident nuclear missile submarines in the light of indications that the capital cost, to be funded from the Defence Ministry's core budget, could run to 28 billion pounds over the next 10-15 years. But Paul Ingram and Nick Ritchie also argue that it would be a mistake to base a decision on cost alone.
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Iran Update: Number 145
- Iran reported to be feeling effects of recently-imposed international sanctions
- Energy business with Iran continues despite sanctions
- Nuclear talks still possibility for Autumn
- Military threat
- Bushehr nuc
Getting to Zero Update
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review conference concluded at the end of May on a positive note. However, the months ahead look uncertain. Diplomatic relations over the North Korean and Iranian programs continue to deteriorate, and there still lacks a firm indication on whether the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) will be ratified by the end of the year.
Iran Update: Number 143
- The United States leads passage of additional U.N. Security Council sanctions against Iran.
- Brazil and Turkey strike deal with Iran for fueling Tehran Research Reactor.
- IAEA releases new report critical of Iran's cooperation over its uranium enrichment program.
- Dispute over Iran's nuclear program mars the start of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
- Iranian-Russian relations strained but Moscow says Bushehr should be operational by August.
May 2010
May has been an intense and hectic month for BASIC and for nuclear diplomacy. The month-long global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon) in New York draws to a close today.