Nuclear Policy
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Why No U.S. President will Bomb Iran
The Obama administration’s deadline for Iran to enter discussions on the nuclear issue has passed. In spite of claims from Washington that “all options are on the table,” the economic crisis makes a military response to Iran infeasible.
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How Obama Can Reverse Iran's Dangerous Course
President Obama has the opportunity to make the world a dramatically safer place by helping the Iranian people achieve a new form of government. A regime change in Tehran would be the best nonproliferation policy.
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Seizing The Moment For Reform In Iran
As thousands of Iranians continue to take to the streets in protest, President Obama is presented with an opportunity to help support transformational democratic change within Iran.
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Uncovering Syria's Covert Reactor
The current stalemate of the IAEA's investigation of undeclared nuclear activities in Syria is the responsibility of the Syrian government, which buried the remains of its covert nuclear reactor in 2008 and now seeks to bury the IAEA investigation.
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Egyptian Nuclear Leadership—Time to Realign?
Egypt's role in preventing a nuclear arms race in the Middle East is especially urgent and the 2010 NPT Review Conference is the next best chance to advance its disarmament agenda.
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Manmohan Singh Visits Washington: Sustaining U.S.–Indian Cooperation Amid Differences
The United States and India should use Singh’s forthcoming visit to showcase the promise of bilateral cooperation and to foster enhanced partnership in key areas such as nonproliferation and climate change.
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U.S. Policy in Central Asia: Looking Ahead
As the war in Afghanistan begins to enter a new phase, it is important to reexamine some of the premises of U.S. policy in the Central Asian region and to consider whether the conditions in the region have changed in the last decade.
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Eliminating Nuclear Threats – A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers
The International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament recommends practical policymaking options designed to galvanize action by governments to achieve progress on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament, including positive outcomes at the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference.
Experts
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James M. Acton
Acton, formerly a lecturer at the Centre for Science and Security Studies in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London and a consultant to the Norwegian government on disarmament issues, is a physicist by training. -
Alexei Arbatov
A former member of the State Duma, Dr. Arbatov is the author of a number of books and numerous articles and papers on issues of global security, strategic stability, disarmament, and Russian military reform. -
Deepti Choubey
Choubey was previously the director of the Peace and Security Initiative for the Ploughshares Fund. She also worked for Ambassador Nancy Soderberg in the New York office of the International Crisis Group. -
Shahram Chubin
Based in Geneva, Chubin’s research focuses on nonproliferation, terrorism, and Middle East security issues. He was director of studies at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland, from 1996 to 2009. -
James Collins
Ambassador Collins was the U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and on the Middle East. -
Pierre Goldschmidt
Pierre Goldschmidt is a nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment. Goldschmidt is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Association Vinçotte Nuclear (AVN). AVN is a non-profit, Authorized Inspection Organization charged with verifying compliance of nuclear power plants with Belgian safety regulations. -
Mark Hibbs
Hibbs is a senior associate in Carnegie Nuclear Policy Program. Before joining Carnegie, for over 20 years he was an editor and correspondent for the nuclear energy publications, including Nucleonics Week and Nuclear Fuel, published by the Platts division of the McGraw-Hill Companies. -
Ariel (Eli) Levite
Levite was the Principal Deputy Director General for Policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission from 2002 to 2007. -
Jessica Tuchman Mathews
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was appointed president of the Endowment in 1997. Her career includes posts in the executive and legislative branches of government, in management and research in the nonprofit arena, and in journalism. -
Mark Medish
Medish served in the Clinton administration as special assistant to the President and senior director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs on the National Security Council from 2000 to 2001. -
Gautam Mukhopadhaya
A serving Indian Foreign Service officer of Ambassadorial rank, Mukhopadhaya's research is focused on India’s Afghanistan policy and its relationship with U.S. Af-Pak strategy. -
George Perkovich
George Perkovich's research focuses on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation, with a focus on South Asia and Iran, and on the problem of justice in the international political economy. -
Karim Sadjadpour
A leading researcher on Iran, Sadjadpour has conducted dozens of interviews with senior Iranian officials, and hundreds with Iranian intellectuals, clerics, dissidents, paramilitaries, businessmen, students, activists, and youth, among others. -
Ashley J. Tellis
Tellis was recently on assignment to the U.S. Department of State as Senior Adviser to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, during which time he was intimately involved in negotiating the civil nuclear agreement with India. -
Dmitri Trenin
Trenin has been with the Carnegie Moscow Center since its inception. He was previously a senior research fellow at the NATO Defense College in Rome and the Institute of Europe in Moscow. He served in the Soviet and Russian armed forces from 1972 to 1993.
