Writing on ACW 2004–2021 · 161 posts
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During a press conference last week, a reporter from Dawn asked Richard Boucher about the US-India nuclear deal: … we would like to have your response on Pakistani concerns on this nuclear issue, which is also supported by many critics…
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One claim I have frequently heard from opponents/skeptics of US engagement with Iran is that Tehran has frequently rejected Washington’s past overtures. So I’d be interested to know if there is any truth to this afternoon’s FT article: Iran has…
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I just recalled that I found this ITAR-TASS interview with DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sung last month. My impression is that Paek doesn’t give too many of these, at least that are available in English. This portion well summarizes…
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Chris Nelson included this interview with Richard Armitage from The Oriental Economist in a report last week. Read the whole thing, but here’s one of the more interesting portions: TOE:Would you clarify a controversial episode regarding North Korea policy? Early…
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This is the webcast of Mohammad Javad Zarif (Iran’s PermRep to the UN) speaking after the UNSC adopted its presidential statement on 29 March. The interesting part, IMO, starts ~ 17:00 in. FYI, Zarif is also supposed to appear on…
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1. Bernard Gwertzman recently conducted an interview with Flynt Leverett (former NSC, now Brookings) containing another description of Iran’s efforts to engage the United States. Leverett has previously discussed this particular Iran offer. Here he says: In the spring of…
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Jeffrey’s post about the National Security Archives’ recently-released documents related to the South African and French nuclear arsenals reminded me that Mordechai Vanunu issued his estimate of the Israeli nuclear weapons arsenal this past December. Vanunu, in a 21 December…
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The AP has more about the alleged accelerated pace of Iran’s centrifuge program. Some people at the IAEA are none too amused by recent press reports on the matter: U.N. inspectors should know by next week how far Iran has…
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ACA got a copy of a U.S. proposal that’s to be discussed in an NSG meeting taking place today and tomorrow. The proposal text, along with Daryl Kimball’s commentary, is below. ******* March 21, 2006 Colleagues: In my email post…
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FT has excerpts. So does Reuters. According to that news agency, this is the part that the P5 are arguing about: “Requests that the director general of the IAEA reports to the Security Council in [14] days on Iranian compliance…
