Iran and Nuclear Ambiguity

Today on the Arms Control Wonk website there is fresh discussion of the current buzz suggesting an imminent attack upon Iran intended to damage its alleged Nuclear Weapons programme. Included in the discussion of Iran’s posssible intentions and goals is a quote from a 2007 piece by Avner Cohen. The route of ambiguity is very [...]

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Flawed NPT reporting

The Independent is running a report on looming problems at the NPT Review Conference with the alarming title Iran sanctions ‘holding up nuclear treaty negotiations’. This report, which ran in today’s edition is a classic example of reporting that doesn’t help. It makes me wonder if the reporter, or perhaps his editor, fully understands the [...]

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What is the point?

It is a simple, perhaps even a simplistic question. But in truth, what is the point of the ongoing U.S. policy towards Iran and its ever-growing nuclear capabilities. Unquestionably there is an awful lot of activity around the issue. There are constant discussions with members of the P5 and the various non-permanent members of the [...]

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Nonproliferation Prepcoms

Unfortunately i have not been able to go down to the city to attend the NPT Prepcom, but at least the Secretariat has done a good job of getting relevant documentation up on the web quickly. Right now I am contemplating the small stack of working papers produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran. I [...]

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Iranian nuclear talks: Time running out?

The results from the latest talks between Iran and Western powers are emerging.  lot of attention is being given to the direct involvement of the US government. The headline tells us all we really need to know about this situation however. Iran rules out nuclear enrichment freeze Joined by U.S. envoy, negotiators agree to resume [...]

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