- Head of Iran's nuclear organization says Tehran still open to fuel swap
- Iran hails new centrifuge
- United States focuses on Iranian nuclear program's weapons potential
- Iranian President assails U.S. President over Nuclear Posture Review
- International divisions over sanctions continue
- Iran holds international conference on nuclear weapons and nuclear energy
- Khatami prevented from visiting Hiroshima
Pakistan
The threat of nuclear terrorism: a race between catastrophe and co-operation
“If there was an incident of nuclear terrorism, what happens thereafter? You can imagine if al Qa’eda attacked. You can see them saying, ‘Actually we’ve got more. We will blast more at a time that we choose.’ Even if it was not true there would be panicked emptying of cities globally. If an incident happened in an American city, the US would be under enormous pressure to use enormous military force to target whoever is connected in any way. You’d have widespread instability and conflict.”
BASIC Research Director Dr. Ian Kearns quoted in The National (Abu Dhabi)
Nuclear summit takes aim at unsecured bomb material
“If leaders at the summit get it right, they could render nuclear power safer to use in the fight against climate change, strengthen the non-proliferation regime, and build further international confidence in … nuclear disarmament.”
BASIC Research Director Ian Kearns quoted by Reuters in Sundays Zaman.
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Keeping the lid on: Nuclear security and the Washington summit
Far more remains to be done before the world can feel assured that nuclear security issues are being addressed seriously enough…..
Keeping the “Non” in the Non-Nuclear Weapon States
Nuclear weapons states must respond to security demands before non-nuclear weapons states will agree to additional non-proliferation obligations under the NPT.
Treading Water in 2010: The Nuclear Weapon States and Nuclear Disarmament
Country by country review of nuclear weapons states’ arsenals and their positions before the NPT Review Conference
Meeting with a delegation from the Defence Committee of the WEU Assembly – The European Security and Defence Assembly
On June 17, 2008, BASIC hosted a meeting with delegation members from the Defence Committee of the Assembly of the Western European Union – The European Security and Defence Assembly at the Washington, D.C. Home of Stewart R. Mott.
Below are the briefings delivered by Washington-based peace and security experts Ambassador James Leonard, John Isaacs, Shervin Boloorian, and Dr. Joanna Spear.
Dr Khan and South Korea
An article in the November 19 South Korean Yonhap notes that South Korea received US,000 from the US government in 2005 as part of assistance to help improve Seoul's export control systems, according to the report dated October 31 from the Government Accounting Office (GAO).