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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Japanese Restrictions Could Threaten French Reactor Sale to India from GSN Daily News

Japanese restrictions on atomic trade with India could complicate plans for France to construct a new atomic power facility in the South Asian state, the head of the French nuclear firm Areva said yesterday (see GSN, March 13, 2008).
The company's design for the planned two-reactor atomic plant at Jaitapur calls for the use of "extra large forgings" available only from Japan, the Times of India quoted a diplomatic source as saying.
Areva chief operating officer Luc Orsel said the firm could find ways around the complication. However, he still urged India to conclude "a bilateral agreement" with Japan on civilian nuclear trade (see GSN, Nov. 15, 2010)
New Delhi and Tokyo have conducted multiple rounds of talks on a potential atomic trade deal. Japan, though, is said to have mandated Indian nonproliferation assurances considered more substantive than what the nuclear-armed South Asian nation accepted in its 2008 atomic trade deal with the United States. Tokyo wants India to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, according to previous reports.
Japan has also called on New Delhi to join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, according to the Times (Ashis Ray, Times of India, Jan. 12).

Friday, December 10, 2010

Global Insights: One Step Forward, One Back for Nuclear Nonproliferation By: Richard Weitz | Column

http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/7244/global-insights-one-step-forward-one-back-for-nuclear-nonproliferation

Two developments this week illustrated the "one step forward, one step back" nature of global nuclear nonproliferation efforts. On the one hand, Iran announced further progress in its domestic nuclear program, increasing Tehran's potential ability to make nuclear weapons. On the other, the IAEA voted to establish the first completely multinational nuclear fuel bank.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Prioritizing Nuclear Nonproliferation By: Justin Alger | ISN Security Watch

Prioritizing Nuclear Nonproliferation

A sign warning from radiation, courtesy of Ed Siasoco/flickr

A warning sign at the Trinity site where the first nuclear explosion took place

With concerns about potential nuclear threats from Iran, North Korea and aspiring nuclear terrorists, nuclear weapons seem to have as much prominence on the security agenda as they did during the Cold War. Giving them such notoriety may, however, be doing more harm than good.More at:

http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Current-Affairs/ISN-Insights/Detail?lng=en&ots627=fce62fe0-528d-4884-9cdf-283c282cf0b2&id=124751&contextid734=124751&contextid735=124750&tabid=124750

Friday, December 3, 2010

UN atomic watchdog approves nuclear fuel bank

http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/UN_atomic_watchdog_approves_nuclear_fuel_bank_999.html Vienna (AFP) Dec 3, 2010 The UN atomic watchdog on Friday voted to set up a nuclear fuel bank, under its auspices, to allow countries access to nuclear energy without risking the spread of atomic weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member governing board approved a United States-sponsored proposal for a 150-million-dollar (112-million-euro) fuel bank, with 28 countries in favour.
No country voted against the resolution, but six developing countries -- Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, South Africa, Tunisia and Venezuela -- abstained.
One country's delegation, Pakistan, chose to be absent when the vote was held in a gesture showing it was disassociating itself from the project.
The resolution was based on an original proposal by former IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, but which ran into stiff resistance last year.
Developing nations saw it as a way for the existing western nuclear powers to curtail other countres' right to acquire and develop nuclear technology of their own for peaceful purposes.
The resolution stipulated that only countries whose supplies were halted for political reasons and which had a clean non-proliferation record would access to the bank.
But such conditions were rejected by Pakistan, one of only a handful of nations which refuse to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
"We are thus obliged to disassociate ourselves from such specific elements of the draft resolution," said Pakistan's ambassador Khurshid Anwar. Accordingly, the Pakistan delegation was absent when the vote was held.
Among those countries in favour, the EU said such a fuel reserve "can bring benefits for energy security and for non-proliferation, without distorting the existing well-functioning market."
Possessing the uranium-enriching technology used to produce fuel for nuclear power plants is a major proliferation concern because it can also be used to manufacture the fissile material for an atomic bomb.
The proponents of the fuel bank believe that such a mechanism will mean that the increasing number of nations interested in using nuclear power to meet their growing energy needs can still do so without having to possess the sensitive uranium-enrichment technology.
Earlier this week, Russia already announced that it had created the world's first such fuel bank in Angarsk.
The Rosatom state atomic energy corporation said the Siberian fuel reserve would have enough material to refuel two civilian nuclear power plants. It too will also operate under the auspices of the IAEA.

Geopolitical Briefing: Japan's nuclear industry

We have published a new members-only Geopolitical
Briefing, entitled "Critical Decisions Looming for
Japan's Nuclear Industry".

Link:
http://globalintelligencereport.com/articles/critical-decisions-looming-for-japan-nuclear-industry

Summary:
Japan is advancing with plans to reprocess spent
nuclear fuel and boost its external nuclear exports.
These decisions will impact the conduct of Japan’s
global non-proliferation diplomacy.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Controlling Tactical Nuclear Weapons from CFR.org - The Council on Foreign Relations by Council on Foreign Relations

Micah Zenko argues that controlling U.S. and Russian supplies of tactical nuclear weapons would reduce the potential for nuclear terrorism, decrease the perceived threat to U.S. allies, and maintain momentum toward President Obama's goal of a world without nuclear weapons.

Friday, October 29, 2010

NATO, Nuclear Weapons and the New Strategic Concept By: Simon Lunn and Zachary Selden | Feature

With global support for nuclear arms control and disarmament gathering momentum, it might seem like an appropriate moment for NATO to fundamentally rethink its approach to the role that nuclear weapons play in its strategic posture. Instead, the alliance is likely to stress continuity, with nuclear weapons continuing to occupy a significant position in its new Strategic Concept.

http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/6840/nato-nuclear-weapons-and-the-new-strategic-concept

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Nuclear States Must Work to Meet Nonproliferation Standards, Report Says from GSN Daily News by By Martin Matishak

WASHINGTON -- Nations known or suspected to hold nuclear weapons must do more to live up to their obligations under the modern arms control regime, an independent nonproliferation organization said today (see GSN, Nov. 18, 2009).

(Oct. 27) - An Indian nuclear-capable Agni 3 ballistic missile, shown on display in a parade last January. The independent Arms Control Association today graded nuclear-armed nations for their compliance with nonproliferation obligations (Raveendran/Getty Images).
The Washington-based Arms Control Association today issued its first-ever report card assessing how a number of countries have lived up to their existing nonproliferation commitments. Unlike similar documents issued by other groups, it refrains from making concrete suggestions on how better adhere to those goals.
The organization "set out to document what constitutes the mainstream of nonproliferation and disarmament behavior expected of responsible states," Daryl Kimball, the association's executive director, said this morning during an event at the National Press Club.
"Mainstream" refers to the body of obligations, standards and rules of behavior concerning nuclear weapons that has emerged and grown since the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty entered into force in 1970, he explained.
The 79-page report gives grades to the five nuclear powers recognized by the treaty: China, France, Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
The study also provides marks to nuclear-armed states India, Israel and Pakistan. It examines North Korea, which has a developing weapons capability, and Iran and Syria, which have come under international scrutiny for possible military atomic activities.
None of the states received an overall "A" grade. North Korea, which has violated various nonproliferation and disarmaments norms over the last two years, earned the only "F" mark. Iran and Syria, which the association labels as "states of concern," both earned "D" grades.
The report measures the performance of the 11 nations in 10 "universally recognized" nonproliferation, disarmament and nuclear security categories over the last 18 months, lead researcher Peter Crail told the audience this morning.
Those categories, which were given equal weight by researchers, measured states' movement toward:
* banning nuclear-weapon test explosions;
* ending the production of fissile material for weapons;
* lowering nuclear weapons alert levels;
* verifiably reducing nuclear force size;
* assuring non-nuclear weapons states they would not be subject to nuclear attack;
* establishing nuclear weapon-free zones;
* complying with international safeguards against the diversion of peaceful nuclear activities for weapons purposes;
* controlling sensitive exports;
* implementing measures to improve the security of nuclear material and facilities; and
* criminalizing and preventing illicit nuclear trafficking and nuclear terrorism.
Those initiatives are recognized by a majority of governments as essential elements to the global nonproliferation regime, Kimball said. More at:
http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20101027_2483.php

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

US, SKorea discuss new civil nuclear cooperation deal

WASHINGTON — US and South Korean experts began talks aimed at concluding a new agreement on sharing civil nuclear energy technology, once the current accord expires in 2014, the State Department said Tuesday.
During their meeting in Washington on Monday the two sides outlined their negotiating positions and discussed when and where to hold further consultations for a new agreement, it said in a statement.
The talks were headed by Cho Hyun, the South Korean deputy foreign minister for multilateral and global affairs and Robert Einhorn, the US special advisor for non-proliferation and arms control, it added.
"Both sides expect the new agreement to ensure the continuance and further development of the robust bilateral cooperation they have enjoyed in atomic energy for more than fifty years," the statement said.
They also expect it to "further contribute to the strengthening of their alliance by enhancing cooperation in nuclear research and development, industry and commerce in the future," it added. More at: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gPq-oR8eLiI4q7TMaBDxB4D3hafg?docId=CNG.faeec24ca121247e519f47662eae09bf.a31

US, SKorea discuss new civil nuclear cooperation deal

US and South Korean experts began talks aimed at concluding a new agreement on sharing civil nuclear energy technology, once the current accord expires in 2014, the State Department said Tuesday. During their meeting in Washington on Monday the two sides outlined their negotiating positions and discussed when and where to hold further consultations for a new agreement, it said in a statement.
The talks were headed by Cho Hyun, the South Korean deputy foreign minister for multilateral and global affairs and Robert Einhorn, the US special advisor for non-proliferation and arms control, it added.
"Both sides expect the new agreement to ensure the continuance and further development of the robust bilateral cooperation they have enjoyed in atomic energy for more than fifty years," the statement said.
They also expect it to "further contribute to the strengthening of their alliance by enhancing cooperation in nuclear research and development, industry and commerce in the future," it added.
"The two sides also discussed a proposed joint study of nuclear power reactor spent fuel disposition options, including pyroprocessing," the statement said.
"They agreed that technical experts would meet soon to work out the scope of the study and the venue and schedule for completing it."
The current agreement Concerning Civil Uses of Atomic Energy, which was adopted in 1972 and amended in 1974, will expire in early 2014.http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/US_SKorea_discuss_new_civil_nuclear_cooperation_deal_999.html

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Saudi cabinet gives nod to nuclear pact with Russia

Saudi cabinet gives nod to nuclear pact with Russia
Riyadh (AFP) Oct 25, 2010 - The Saudi government on Monday approved plans to establish a pact with Russia on peaceful nuclear cooperation, a government spokesman said. It authorised the head of the new King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energies to draft a pact with Moscow on nuclear cooperation, Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja told the official SPA news agency. It was the latest sign of the world's ... more http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/Saudi_cabinet_gives_nod_to_nuclear_pact_with_Russia_999.html

Monday, October 25, 2010

Saudi cabinet gives nod to nuclear pact with Russia

Riyadh (AFP) Oct 25, 2010 - The Saudi government on Monday approved plans to establish a pact with Russia on peaceful nuclear cooperation, a government spokesman said. It authorised the head of the new King Abdullah City for Nuclear and Renewable Energies to draft a pact with Moscow on nuclear cooperation, Information Minister Abdul Aziz Khoja told the official SPA news agency. It was the latest sign of the world's ... more
http://www.nuclearpowerdaily.com/reports/Saudi_cabinet_gives_nod_to_nuclear_pact_with_Russia_999.html

India-Japan nuclear deal win-win proposition, says PM

Indian PM has high hopes for India-Japan nuclear deal
India and Japan stand to benefit from a proposed bilateral nuclear energy deal, said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The country's nuclear sector is primed for growth, "and there will be huge opportunities for the global nuclear industry to participate in the expansion of India's nuclear energy program," he said. The Times of India/Press Trust of India
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-Japan-nuclear-deal-win-win-proposition-says-PM/articleshow/6804887.cms

N.Korea justifies nuclear 'treasured sword'

Seoul (AFP) Oct 24, 2010 North Korea said its nuclear arsenal "serves as a treasured sword", amid reports the secretive state could be preparing for a third nuclear test. The bellicose claim came amid a visit by a Chinese military delegation, as well as intense world interest after Pyongyang lay the ground work for the future succession of ruler Kim Jong-Il's youngest son Kim Jong-Un.
North Korea was "entirely right when it opted for having access to nukes", the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a commentary, adding the communist country needed to protect itself.
The North has long justified having the weapons saying they are to counter a similar threat from the United States.
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a global nuclear safeguard accord, was not doing its job properly, the official commentary late on Saturday said.
"This compelled (North Korea) to pull out of the NPT and have access to nuclear deterrent legitimately in order to protect the sovereignty and security of the country," it said.
The isolated and impoverished North withdrew from the NPT in 2003.
Chosun Ilbo, South Korea's biggest-selling newspaper, reported Thursday that the North appeared to be preparing for another nuclear test, citing an unidentified government source.
US satellites had detected movements of personnel and vehicles at the site where Pyongyang carried out its first two nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009, the report said.
US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Thursday that another atomic weapons test would be "provocative" but said he did not have any evidence to support the South Korean report.
Pyongyang said on Saturday it was willing to resume stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks but would not be "hasty" because the United States and some other parties were "not ready".
China, the North's sole major ally and economic lifeline, is pressing to restart the forum, which groups the two Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, and began in 2003.
But prospects for renewed negotiations have been clouded by South Korean and US accusations that the North torpedoed one of Seoul's warships in March with the loss of 46 lives, a charge Pyongyang denies.
The Chinese military delegation paid tribute to the North's late president Kim Il-Sung Sunday on the second day of a four-day trip to mark the 60th anniversary of Chinese forces' intervention in the Korean War, KCNA said.
After arriving in the capital on Saturday, Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, said close ties between the two countries would be handed down through the generations.
Jong-Un's status as leader-in-waiting was effectively made public after Pyongyang made him a four-star general and gave him key ruling party posts late last month.
Kim Jong-Il has visited China twice this year. The last visit, in August, was seen by many analysts as a bid by the North Korean leader for Chinese support for the dynastic succession.
Beijing fears the collapse of North Korea and resulting instability on its borders and thus provides heavy aid and trade support to its neighbour, experts say.
The South's Yonhap news agency meanwhile reported that Seoul and Washington have shelved a plan to stage a joint exercise involving a US aircraft carrier later this month in the Yellow Sea.
The exercise was cancelled over fears that it could heighten regional tensions ahead of the upcoming G20 summit in Seoul, it said.
China has bristled at the idea of a US aircraft carrier group patrolling waters near its coast.

Friday, October 22, 2010

U.S. Seeks Details on Pakistan-China Atomic Deal from GSN Daily News

The United States has called on Pakistan to offer specifics on its nuclear power plant development deal with China, Asian News International reported today (see GSN, Sept. 23).
"We have asked Pakistan to provide details about the nuclear pact with China," U.S. special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke said. "It is yet to be seen what international requirements [the] Pak-China nuclear pact fulfills," the Nation reported him as saying.
Washington has suggested Beijing must obtain Nuclear Suppliers Groups clearance to build two new 300-megawatt reactors in the South Asian state's Chashma nuclear site. As it developed strategic weapons outside the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Islamabad has been cut off from most atomic trade.
China argues that it did not need approval from the atomic exporter nations as its work at the Chashma site predates its membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Both Beijing and Islamabad have said the deal would meet the International Atomic Energy Agency's nonproliferation requirements.
High-level Pakistani diplomats and defense officials met this week with Obama officials in Washington for a third round of strategic talks (see GSN, Oct. 20).
Holbrooke said the two sides discussed Islamabad's wish for a bilateral nuclear civilian trade agreement with Washington, similar to the deal India received in 2008. The United States has played down the potential for a deal that would give Pakistan access to U.S. nuclear materials and technology.
"We are well aware of the Pakistani strategic goal and desire. It's one of the many things we have talked about frankly in private with our friends in Pakistan," Holbrooke said (Asian News International/Sify.com, Oct. 22).
http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20101022_4628.php

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Islamic Nations Demand Israeli Atomic Transparency

The 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference yesterday called for U.N. inspections of Israel's nuclear arsenal, Iran's Press TV reported (see GSN, Sept. 24).
Israel is widely believed to possess the only nuclear arms in the Middle East, though it has for decades maintained a policy of neither confirming nor denying its arsenal.
"Israel's nuclear weapons should be inspected by the International Atomic Energy Agency," OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said at a nuclear security and nonproliferation summit in Cairo, Egypt (see GSN, Oct. 19). The meeting was set to address nuclear counterterrorism, efforts to secure potential nuclear-weapon ingredients and efforts to establish a WMD-free zone in the Middle East.
All countries should encourage Jerusalem to abandon its atomic arsenal and join the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Ihsanoglu said. He backed the right of all states to develop civilian nuclear power programs while arguing it was indefensible to permit only certain nations to possess nuclear weapons.
The U.N. nuclear watchdog is not an appropriate forum for lobbying Israel to join the nonproliferation pact, U.S. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said in September. Jerusalem has offered complete cooperation with the Vienna-based atomic agency, he said (Press TV, Oct. 20).

http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20101021_4764.php

Nuclear Plan Shows Cuts and Massive Investments

The Obama administration’s first nuclear weapons stockpile management plan is ready

By Hans M. Kristensen
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has sent Congress the FY 2011 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan (SSMP) with new information about what the administration plans to spend on maintaining and modernizing nuclear weapons and facilities over the next 15-20 years.
FAS and UCS got hold of the unclassified sections of the plan and have analyzed what the Obama administration’s first nuclear weapons management plan tells us about how the Prague speech vision will be translated into national nuclear weapons policy. The SSMP consists of five sections (three are unclassified):

FY 2011 Stockpile Stewardship and Management Plan Summary (unclassified)
Annex A – FY 2011 Stockpile Stewardship Plan (unclassified)
Annex B – FY 2011 Stockpile Management Plan (classified)
Annex C – FY 2011 Science, Technology, and Engineering Report on Stockpile Stewardship Criteria and Assessment of Stockpile Stewardship Program (classified), and
Annex D – FY 2011 Biennial Plan and Budget Assessment on the Modernization and Refurbishment of the Nuclear Security Complex (unclassified)

More at:
http://www.fas.org/blog/ssp/2010/07/stockpileplan.php?utm_source=MailingList&utm_medium=email&utm_content=micheletkearney%40gmail.com&utm_campaign=Accomplishment+blast-+10-20-10-+FAS+supporters

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Iran to show proof of US nuclear aid to Israel: negotiator

by Staff Writers Tehran (AFP) Oct 11, 2010 Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Monday that Tehran is to reveal proof of how nuclear material enriched by United States was delivered to the Islamic republic's arch-foe Israel. "We will soon publish documents on how American enriched nuclear material was provided and transported to the Zionist regime," Jalili said, quoted on state television's website.
Jalili said the key question in the Muslim world was "how the Zionist regime acquired these (nuclear) weapons?"
"The Zionist regime and those who gave these weapons to the regime should answer for this."
Israel, widely believed to be the sole but undeclared nuclear weapons power in the Middle East, has not ruled out a military strike against Iran's atomic facilities in a bid to stop Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.
Iran, which denies Israeli and Western suspicions it is making nuclear arms, has repeatedly called for Israel to be questioned over its reported atomic arsenal and to be pressured to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Iran Demands Affirmation of Atomic Rights From World Powers

Iran said today it would seek formal acknowledgment of its atomic rights in future discussions of its nuclear program with the five permanent U.N. Security Council member nations and Germany, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Sept. 27).

(Sep. 28) - Senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, shown in April. Tehran today indicated it would seek official acknowledgment from six world powers of its right to develop nuclear capabilities for peaceful purposes (Frederic Brown/Getty Images).

Washington and other governments have pressed Iran to halt its uranium enrichment program and other activities that could support nuclear weapons development. The Middle Eastern nation has defended its nuclear program as a strictly peaceful endeavor.
"Iran has announced its viewpoints and readiness for talks with the P-5+1. We are seeking to have Iran's nuclear rights recognized in these talks," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said (Agence France-Presse I/Google News, Sept. 28).
The discussions should acknowledge Iran's right under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to establish nuclear capabilities for civilian use, Deutsche Presse-Agentur quoted Mehmanparast as saying. Tehran would not trade away any rights or capabilities in the talks, the spokesman added (Deutsche Presse-Agentur/Monsters and Critics, Sept. 28).
Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, was working to schedule "a date and venue" to speak with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who would attend on behalf of the six world powers, AFP quoted the official as saying (AFP I).

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Nuclear Consistency: As Easy as 1-2-3?

Charles K. Ebinger, Director, Energy Security Initiative
Govinda Avasarala, Research Assistant, Energy Security Initiative

The Brookings Institution

September 23, 2010 —

In the international civilian nuclear arena, it appears that the Orwellian maxim applies: all states are equal, but some are more equal than others. In early August the Wall Street Journal reported that the United States and Vietnam are in advanced negotiations for a civilian nuclear cooperation accord, also known as a “123” agreement. By all accounts, the agreement under discussion would not impinge upon Vietnam’s right to enrich uranium, a process that is required to create new reactor fuel, but one that also confers the key ability to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons. The deal follows hard on the heels of the Bush administration’s famous (or infamous) 123 agreement with India that allowed a non-signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty to continue domestic enrichment and reprocessing while enjoying the benefits of civilian nuclear trade with the United States.

Ignoring the proliferation concerns present in an opaque Indian nuclear system or an embryonic Vietnamese program, what is most troublesome is the government’s rationale for permitting enrichment in Vietnam. According to Philip Crowley, State Department assistant secretary for public affairs, “if Vietnam chooses, exercising its right under the NPT [Non-Proliferation Treaty] to enrichment, that is a decision for them to make. It’s not a decision for the United States to make.”
While Mr. Crowley is correct in citing the NPT—Article IV of the treaty declares the “inalienable right” for each country to pursue nuclear energy—his literal interpretation appears in stark contrast to the U.S. attitude to aspirant civilian nuclear states in the Middle East. The recent 123 agreement with the United Arab Emirates, which is on a fast-track to building a nuclear energy program, precludes enrichment and reprocessing. The UAE’s concessions were based on the grounds that the U.S. will not enter into a more lenient 123 agreement with any other nation in the Middle East. The hard line in the UAE deal with regard to enrichment is also evident in the Obama administration’s attitude to Jordan, a steadfast ally that signed the NPT in 1968, despite recently discovering abundant domestic reserves of natural uranium.
This unconcealed double-standard creates two problems: first, it makes it difficult for this administration, which has taken admirable steps to engage the countries in the Middle East, to show that it is not talking out of both sides of its mouth. Second, it undermines the administration’s condemnation of the nuclear cooperation between China and Pakistan, despite the latter’s egregious proliferation record.
The Obama administration would be better served by adopting a singular nuclear energy cooperation policy. While some may dismiss such a stance as impeding necessary diplomatic flexibility, for a topic as sensitive as nuclear energy and non-proliferation, in regions as tumultuous as the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, unwavering principles are a good thing.

Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire

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