Avatar photoElBaradei Speech at Stanford

Mohamed ElBaradei gave the Drell Lecture at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation, urging that “If we are ever to build a global security culture based on human solidarity and shared human values — a collective security framework that will serve the interests of all countries equally, and make reliance on nuclear …

Avatar photoStill no Ambassador to the IAEA

I managed to miss that the Bush Administration withdrew James Cunningham’s nomination as Ambassador to the IAEA on October 8. At least until Richard Boucher admitted yesterday that he had no idea who was representing the United States in Vienna: QUESTION: Related to [Iran-EU3 negotiations], what’s the status of your representation at the IAEA now …

Avatar photoParis Negotiations Update 6: Majlis on Enrichment

Vision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Network, via FBIS, has a discussion with a pair of parliamentarians of the Majlis bill obligating the Iranian governrment to resume uranium enrichment. The guests agree that the bill obligates Iran to resume enrichment, but the Iranian legislative process is not terribly straightforward and will require another vote …

Avatar photoParis Negotiations Update 5: Iran-EU Agreement Nears; Bush May Ignore

Mohamed “ElBaradei plans to say in his November report to the IAEA that the agency has so far found no evidence of diversion” to a nuclear weapons program, a diplomat has told Reuters. ElBaradei “will balance that by saying that Iran’s fuel cycle activities would appear to be out of proportion with the other parts …