Avatar photoTPM Cafe Iran Posts

These are the TPMCafe posts from a couple of weeks ago. They can all be found here. The more interesting are listed below (“interesting” being a relative term, of course). Is Iran Pursuing Nuclear Weapons? Iran’s Options Iran and the IAEA, Part II Iran and the NPT – Fairness and Reality The NPT: Some Numbers …

Avatar photoWhat Declaration?

Four years ago, U.N. inspectors concluded that Iraq had failed to .. account for large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, weapons capable of killing millions. In last month’s declaration, Iraq again failed to account for those weapons. The Iraqi dictator did not even attempt to submit a credible declaration. We can now be certain …

Avatar photoLinzer on the Iranian Laptop

Dafna Linzer has a detailed account in the Post on the contents of that laptop. I’ll try to write more this afternoon.

Avatar photoSafeguarding Breeder Reactors Redux

Whether India should place its developmental Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam under IAEA safeguards is shaping up as the most contentious issue regarding the creation of a “separation plan” Inda nuclear facilities. (See: Safeguarding Breeder Reactors, January 24, 2006.) If you are interested in the debate within India, I recommend Siddharth Varadarajan’s somewhat passionate discussion …