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ElBaradei Out, Amano In, Iran Still on the Loose

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

(published on Nukes of Hazard) As the diplomatic standoff with Iran continues to heat up, Yukiya Amano of Japan today begins his tenure as the new Director General of the IAEA. In an interview with Reuters in February, Amano praised President Obama’s willingness to open dialogue with Iran. But dialogue has not gone well thus far, [...]

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China Remains Torn on Iran

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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(published on Nukes of Hazard) China remains hesitant to accept the U.S. bottom line on Iran. The two nations this week expressed goodwill and pledged general cooperation on nonproliferation, among other items, but failed to produce concrete plans of action and displayed subtle signs of divergence, as illustrated by today’s press briefing…

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Linking Human Rights to Denuclearization

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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(published on Nukes of Hazard) While the United States has chastised both Iran and North Korea for their human rights abuses, it has typically kept the issue separate from denuclearization talks. Yet some experts recommend integrating human rights into broader discussions, as opposed to pursuing single-variable negotiations, in order to create valuable synergies within the diplomatic [...]

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In the News: Debating Engagement with Iran and North Korea

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

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President Obama is now officially neck-deep in a decisive diplomatic test. In the wake of a confusing mixture of conciliatory and provocative gestures by North Korea, the Obama Administration announced on Friday that it is open to direct bilateral talks with Pyongyang, provided that they would be a stepping stone to reestablishment of the Six-Party [...]

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Revisiting the Nuclear North-South Divide

Monday, August 17, 2009

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The Oft-Neglected North-South Divide in International Nuclear Issues International nuclear policy-makers must better heed developmental politics. By developmental politics, I refer to the economic disparity between the developed and the developing nations, and the political tensions between these two sides resulting from that disparity. This may also be referred to as the politics of inequality or [...]

Amano, ElBaradei, IAEA, iran, nonproliferation, north-south divide, NPT, nuclear weapons