There have been several allegations recently that Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapons, despite the recent agreement signed with the EU-3. Here are the two that have popped up recently, so you don’t have to sift through the stories yourself.…
The Nelson Report contains two bits of informed speculation, one about US policy and the other about Iranian domestic politics. 1. Administration observers express cautious optimism that the deal may stick, saving the United States an ugly sanctions fight at…
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told Reuters that “Progress has been made and we are waiting now for the final response from Iran” regarding the compromise negotiated in Paris. “It’s very difficult to give a definition of how close…
“Negotiations were very hard and complicated but we reached a preliminary agreement on an expertise level,” Hossein Mousavian told Iranian state television (via Reuters), “It is a framework that contains the viewpoints of all sides. All four delegations are supposed…
Mohamed ElBaradei gave the Drell Lecture at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation, urging that “If we are ever to build a global security culture based on human solidarity and shared human values — a collective security…
I managed to miss that the Bush Administration withdrew James Cunningham’s nomination as Ambassador to the IAEA on October 8. At least until Richard Boucher admitted yesterday that he had no idea who was representing the United States in Vienna:…
A summary of recent developments in Iran-European 3 (Britain, France, Germany) negotiations—covering the EU3 proposal, Iranian counterproposal, developments in Iranian politics and US policy.
William Safire is a hack: Bin Laden was the second outsider to try to influence our election in an ‘October surprise.’ I suspect the first was Mohamed ElBaradei, the chief U.N. arms inspector, said to be miffed at the Bush…
If Bush wins re-election, Washington will “move from urging him to [leave the IAEA] to active opposition” to his reappointment, a senior U.S. official told Reuters.
One of the competing narratives being pushed by the Bush Administration on the HDX/RDX story is the “jilted Mohamed” hypothesis. “Bush administration officials suspect political motivation behind a letter focused on the disappearance of 377 tons of explosives sent yesterday…
