A Normal Nuclear Pakistan
Michael Krepon and Toby Dalton | Stimson Center and Carnegie Endowment
Pakistan has worked hard and successfully to build diverse nuclear capabilities. It will retain these capabilities for the foreseeable future as a necessary deterrent against perceived existential threats from India.
Nuclear Mainstream
Michael Krepon and Toby Dalton | Dawn
Pakistan seeks to join the mainstream of the international nuclear order with Beijing’s support. Washington has offered words of qualified encouragement. But Pakistan’s path to the mainstream faces many obstacles.
Not With You, Nor Without You
C. Raja Mohan | Indian Express
Few other activities in the world generate as much excitement and deliver as few results as the India-Pakistan dialogue. The acrimony surrounding the planned meeting between the two national security advisors in New Delhi this week confirms the proposition.
White House Pushes for Iran Filibuster
Edward-Isaac Dovere and Burgess Everett | Politico
A Democratic filibuster in the Senate would be a clear victory for the president, allowing Obama to say that for all the political noise there wasn’t enough actual opposition to the nuclear agreement with the Islamic republic to even get to a final vote.
AEOI Chief Heads to China to Sign Cooperation MoU on Arak Heavy Water Reactor
Fars News Agency
AEOI Spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi told FNA on Tuesday that Tehran's talks with China are focused on redesigning Arak reactor and building small ACP100 reactors. "Talks are underway between Iran and China and whenever we achieve results we will publicize it," he said.
US Air Force: Cost Error Won't Impact Bomber Planning
Lara Seligman | Defense News
The US Air Force's botching of a 10-year cost estimate for its next-generation bomber two years in a row has been corrected and will not impact the service's planning for the program, according to US Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James.