The other day, I observed that US public statements imply that Iran’s centrifuges operate closer to 2 kg SWU/year than 3. That is a little lower than previous public estimates by David Albright and Corey Hinderstein (The Centrifuge Connection, Bulletin…
The Jedi-rejects, prancing about with lightsabers, are actually Iranian artistes holding aloft tubes of what purports to be 3.5 percent low enriched uranium (LEU), which Iranian President Ahmadinejad cites as evidence “Iran has joined the nuclear countries of the world”…
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…
Seymour Hersh is at it again. With lots of discussion about possible US military options against Iraq (read Joe Cirincione in Foreign Policy and the Washington Post today), Hersh has found a way to stand out. Suggest the US will…
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…
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…
This week was David M. Abshire’s 80th Birthday. Lynne Duke recently had a long article in the Washington Post on DMA, founder of CSIS, and the civility project he is running at the Center for the Study of the Presidency.…
A lot of hullaballoo about Australia’s agreement to sell uranium to China. The Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office has everything you wanted to know about the deal, including the Transfer of Nuclear Material Agreement, Cooperation in Peaceful Uses of Nuclear…
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…
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…
