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 …

Avatar photoTed Taylor, 1929-2004

Theodore “Ted” Taylor, nuclear weaponeer and disarmament advocate, died on October 28. Dr. Taylor worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1948 to 1956, designing a series of very large, pure fission bombs intended as a back-up in the event the the “Super” didn’t work out. The fission bombs were tested as “Operation Ivy,” …

Avatar photoArms Control Today on Outer Space

Arms Control Today has a special issue on outer space, with an article by Michael Krepon. You may recognize the author the boxes entitled Programs to Watch and False Alarm on Foreign Capabilities. Theresa Hitchens has an article about our national space policy.