Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Nuclear Roundup May 16, 2018

Nuclear Roundup May 16, 2018

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news. Iran Leaving the Iran nuclear deal will have unintended consequences  Trump’s North Korea gamble may rely on Iran monitors he trashed  Merkel defends nuclear deal, Iran says won’t “surrender” to US  Trump is wrong over Iran, but Europe can’t afford to divorce the US  EU chief Tusk chides Trump for “capricious” policies  EU leaders explore ways to save Iran economic ties from US sanctions  North Korea North Korea threatens to cancel Trump meeting over nuclear question  North Korea revives an old tactic in threat to cancel talks  North Korea is testing Trump  Americans support talks with North Korea, remain skeptical of outcome  North Korea is dismantling its nuclear site, but is it abandoning its arsenal or hiding evidence?  United States Pentagon wants cloud secure enough to hold nuke secrets  Rand Paul says he’d support talks between Trump and Iran, “mistake” to exit nuclear deal  President Trump is shaking things up in Asia. And it just might work.  International Can Pakistan's nuclear weapons fall into hands of terrorists? Security experts are divided  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.