FAS Roundup: September 2011

FAS Roundup: September 2011

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I am excited to share with you a new report that FAS recently released  regarding enhanced safeguards for Iran's Nuclear Program. Co-authored by Dr. Ali Vaez, Director of the Iran Project, and myself, this report analyzes options for enhanced safeguards to ensure that the Iranian nuclear program remains peaceful. Additionally, the report discusses elements of the Iranian nuclear program which would be acceptable for all sides involved in the debate (Iran, Russia, the United States and the International Atomic Energy Association). To read the report, click here.  

This month, FAS experts have educated policy makers, the press, and the public about the urgent need for a more secure world. By giving today, you will build upon the following achievements and help us make the world safer:

• Read about Britain's current nuclear weapons stockpile by Hans M. Kristensen and Robert S. Norris in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists here.

• Release of "Upsetting the Reset: The Technical Basis of Russian Concern Over NATO Missile Defense" written by Dr. Yousaf Butt, Scientific Consultant to FAS, and Prof. Theodore Postol, Professor of Science, Technology and National Security Policy in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This report provides a technical assessment of the Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) missile defense system proposed by NATO and the United States, and the concern of the Russian Federation over this system.
• Listen to new editions of "A Conversation With An Expert" podcast, highlighting learning technologies in education and obstacles to the implementation of the Obama Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review (NPR).

• Do your part and visit the new FAS blog, Take Action. Each month, FAS will highlight a new security issue. Visit the blog and learn about our work concerning nuclear security.
• Read the four part blog series jointly produced by FAS and the Union of Concerned Scientists regarding the 2012 FY Stockpile Stewardship Management Plan on the Strategic Security Blog. Hans M. Kristensen, Director of the Nuclear Information Project, participated in a conference call with FAS members regarding this plan; listen to the conference call or read the transcript here.
• FAS experts in the news: Matt Schroeder, Director, Arms Sales Monitoring Project, quoted in United Press International, Associated Press and New York Times; Steven Aftergood, Director of Government Secrecy Program, quoted in the Seattle Times, Washington Times and  NPR; Ali Vaez, Director, Iran Project, and Charles D. Ferguson, President, published an Op-Ed in the New York Times and The Atlantic. To see more articles featuring FAS and our experts, click here.