Paris Negotiations Update 11: Weekend Reading on Iran
Well, looks like the IAEA is holding up its report until Iran comes up with an answer. “I know for a fact that the people responsible for the report had all they have to say a few days ago,” a…
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BAS on Smallpox & Vanunu
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientist weblog saves me the trouble of reporting on a recommendation by a World Health Organization (WHO) advisory committee to allow the genetic manipulation of the smallpox virus and the decision by Israel to re-arrest Mordechai…
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Weblog
They’ve got one … More required reading, kids.
Administration Divide Re-emerges on North Korea
Reuters reports that, emboldened by the election, hard-liners “are pressing once again for a more coercive approach” to North Korea if six-party talks fail.” “Much will turn on whether Secretary of State Colin Powell and Assistant Secretary of State James…
Paris Negotiations Update 10: Iran breakdown?
A couple of days ago, I noted that Iranian negotiator Hossein Mousavian was deviating from the talking points by declaring a “preliminary agreement” when everyone else was keeping to “considerable progress.” Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi joined Mousavian in lauding…
UN First Committee supports a VERIFIABLE fissile material cut-off
Rhianna Tyson, summarizing events in the UN First Committee, notes: The overwhelming adoption of draft resolution L.34 on a verifiable FMCT, however, demonstrates that the international community is not yet ready to capitulate to the newest US-thrown wrench in the…
Paris Negotiations Update 9: Domestic Debate Ensues
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…
Paris Negotiations Update 8:Solana: EU-Iran Deal "Pretty Close"
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…
Paris Negotiations Update 7: How do you spell "considerable progress" in Persian?
“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…
Danilov Conviction
A Russian court has convicted Russian physicist Valentin Danilov of of selling state secrets to China, overturning his earlier acquittal that angered the FSB (nee KGB). The case parallels that of Igor Sutyagin, a scholar at Moscow’s Institute of USA…