The Obama administration, attempting to salvage a faltering nuclear deal with Iran, has told Iran's leaders in back-channel messages that it is willing to allow the country to send its stockpile of enriched uranium to any of several nations, including Turkey, for temporary safekeeping, according to administration officials and diplomats involved in the exchanges.
But the overtures, made through the International Atomic Energy Agency over the past two weeks, have all been ignored, the officials said. | Full Article
Obama: Hard for Iran to Make Quick Decisions
Caren Bohan and Ross Colvin, Reuters
An unsettled political situation in Iran may be complicating efforts to seal a nuclear fuel deal between Tehran and major world powers, President Barack Obama said on Monday. | Full Article
Future of Japan-US Alliance
Ralph A. Cossa and Brad Glosserman, The Korea Times
The headlines associated with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates' recent visit to Japan notwithstanding, relations between Washington and Tokyo are not as strained as they may appear...at least not yet. | Full Article
How to Halt the Spread of Nukes
Bennett Ramberg, YaleGlobal
Since entering office, Barack Obama has made global nuclear disarmament a center piece of his long-term foreign policy agenda. In September 2009 the President attempted to fulfill the first step by gathering the Security Council's heads of state to sign on to a new resolution to halt the Bomb's spread - Resolution 1887. | Full Article
Britain's Nuclear Strategy Threatens Destruction of Kalahari
John Vidal, The Observer
The hidden cost of Britain's new generation of nuclear power could be the destruction of the Kalahari desert in Namibia and millions of tonnes of extra greenhouse gas emissions a year, the Observer has discovered. | Full Article
LINKS OF INTEREST
ABOUT US
Produced twice-weekly, Proliferation News provides a free summary of news and analysis on efforts to prevent the spread and use of nuclear weapons. Visit Carnegie's Nonproliferation website for further information and resources. Please send your comments and suggestions to the Editor at proliferationnews@carnegieendowment.org.
Unsubscribe | E-mail the Editor | Archive
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036-2103
Phone: 202.483.7600 | Fax: 202.483.1840
E-mail: proliferationnews@carnegieendowment.org