Iran’s Pathway to the Bomb
Aaron and Jeffrey finally deconflict their schedules to talk about the outcome of the Israeli-Iranian war, Iran’s pathway back to the bomb, and why they’re both irritated with the “fix it or nix it crowd.”
July 2025
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Institute of Atomic Energy in Pyongyang
A post written with Allison Berke… While the locations of many of North Korea’s most important nuclear facilities are known to the general public, one of North Korea’s more obscure locations has remained a mystery. In the mid-1980s, North Korea…
Recalling two mentors
1. Jonathan D. Pollack My father, Jonathan Pollack, died at the end of May after what’s politely called a long convalescence. He had worked over several decades as a scholar of Chinese foreign and defense policy. After completing his PhD…
Guest Post: Sorry, Mr. Secretary, producing uranium metal isn’t particularly difficult
This guest post is by Dr. James M. Acton Central to the Trump administration’s case for the effectiveness of its air strikes on Iran is the destruction of a “conversion” facility at Isfahan with equipment for producing uranium metal. Secretary…
