Pakistan is blocking the start of negotiations of a global halt to the production of highly-enriched Uranium and Plutonium for nuclear weapons. The Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty can’t begin, Pakistani diplomats say, because existing stockpiles won’t be covered. But Pakistan would be loath to reveal its existing stocks, and no one in any position of …
Goldschmidt on Iran
by | 2012-02-23 | 99 Comments
Pierre Goldschmidt imagines a fictional conversation with a senior Iranian official that presents in lively way the arguments in his excellent talk, The Iranian Nuclear Issue: Achieving a Win-Win Diplomatic Solution. Click on the jump for the full text.
A Public Service Announcement
by | 2012-02-23 | 4 Comments
Now hear this. If you haven’t already discovered Restricted Data, Alex Wellerstein’s steadily more remarkable blog on the history of (secrecy in) the nuclear age,* then you’re late to the party. Sorry — nothing terribly clever to say at the moment. I’ll resist the temptation to highlight one or two items, as it would take me all …
Atoms For Peace, Baby
by | 2012-02-22 | 16 Comments
Some genius created a pair of extraordinarily funny videos mocking the IAEA “super inspectors.” You may be muttering “But you think the IAEA is much maligned and Iran probably did have a nuclear weapons program! How can you find this funny?” Well, sometimes the line between laughter and tears isn’t so clear.
