Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup December 1, 2017

Nuclear Roundup December 1, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. North Korea Mattis: Diplomacy hasn’t failed with North Korea https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/11/30/mattis-diplomacy-hasnt-failed-with-north-korea/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.01.17&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief Russia is preparing for North Korea war as tensions rise, says Putin's top security adviser http://www.newsweek.com/russia-preparing-war-north-korea-says-putins-top-security-adviser-728048 Russian envoy calls for restraint over Korean Peninsula nuclear crisis http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/30/c_136790203.htm Winter Olympics will be held safely, says South Korea on North Korea nuclear test http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/winter-olympics-will-be-held-safely-says-south-korea-on-north-korea-nuclear-test/article21191194.ece North Korea Says It Has ‘Completed’ Its Nuclear Program. What Does That Mean? http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2017/11/north-korea-says-it-has-completed-its-nuclear-program-what-does-mean/144186/?oref=defenseone_today_nl The Upside of Giving Up on North Korea https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-11-30/give-up-on-stopping-north-korea Time for limited U.S. military action against North Korea http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/362722-time-for-limited-us-military-action-against-north-korea An American attack on North Korea will come with epic consequences http://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/362736-an-american-attack-on-north-korea-will-come-with-epic-consequences United States What The Law Of War Says About Nuclear Strikes https://www.npr.org/2017/11/29/567313562/what-the-law-of-war-says-about-nuclear-strikes We can’t attack North Korea. It’s against the law http://www.newsweek.com/we-cant-attack-north-korea-its-against-law-727009 Iran Policy Implications of Replacing Tillerson with Pompeo and Cotton to CIA https://www.justsecurity.org/47520/iran-policy-implications-replacing-tillerson-pompeo/ Iran, nukes and Trump: Is war likely? http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/upfront/2017/12/iran-nukes-trump-war-171201094008794.html Homeland Security says it is creating new WMD office http://docs.house.gov/meetings/HM/HM00/20171130/106651/HHRG-115-HM00-Wstate-DukeE-20171130.pdf Former Defense Secretary William Perry Sounds the Alarm Over the Present Nuclear Danger https://www.thenation.com/article/former-defense-secretary-william-perry-sounds-the-alarm-over-the-present-nuclear-danger/ Manhattan Project’s nuclear breakthroughs leave complicated legacy 75 years later http://wgntv.com/2017/11/30/manhattan-projects-nuclear-breakthroughs-leave-complicated-legacy-75-years-later/ The Nuclear Age at 75: Remembering Chicago’s Role http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/11/30/nuclear-age-75-remembering-chicago-s-role Center for Nonproliferation Studies at MIIS at Monterey hosts seminar by Russian Ambassador to U.S. http://www.montereyherald.com/article/NF/20171130/NEWS/171139981 Duke's Peter Feaver on the president and US nuclear command and control https://thebulletin.org/dukes-peter-feaver-president-and-us-nuclear-command-and-control11310 International Russia’s New Missile Submarine Sure Looks Familiar http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a13990706/russias-new-missile-submarine-sure-looks-familiar/ An end to the treaty that ended the cold war? US-Russia spat puts INF at risk https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2017/1130/An-end-to-the-treaty-that-ended-the-cold-war-US-Russia-spat-puts-INF-at-risk Bangladesh Starts Constructing its First Nuclear Power Plant https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/bangladesh-starts-constructing-its-first-nuclear-power-plant U.N. disarmament meeting in Hiroshima concludes after nuclear weapons talks https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/01/national/u-n-disarmament-meeting-hiroshima-concludes-nuclear-weapons-talks/#.WiFlKoanFrQ The Middle East’s Next Big Challenge: Nuclear Security https://www.the-american-interest.com/2017/11/30/middle-easts-next-big-challenge-nuclear-security/ Canada to provide Kazakhstan with radionuclide, noble gas detection station https://www.neweurope.eu/article/canada-provide-kazakhstan-radionuclide-noble-gas-detection-station/ General Interest SLAM Was the Armageddon Cruise Missile From Hell http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a13978519/slam-cruise-missile-nuclear-thermonuclear/ How to cope with fears of a nuclear disaster http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/29/health/nuclear-disaster-fears-coping/index.html How to build and deliver a nuclear weapon https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-11-30/how-build-and-deliver-nuclear-weapon Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com. Receive this message as a forward? Subscribe to the Nuclear Roundup here.

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