Arak Reactor Should Be Key to Iran Deal
Mark Hibbs | CNN
France appeared at the weekend to drive a stake into the heart of a deal that it and five other powers have been quietly negotiating with Iran to end the Iran nuclear crisis. The move didn’t prove fatal – both sides are committed to resume negotiations in Geneva on November 20. But France objected that the outline of a deal favored by the United States didn’t commit Iran to suspend work to finish a reactor at Arak, which could make bomb-grade fuel, but only not to start up the reactor during the next six months.
U.N. Agency Sees No Big Change in Iran's Nuclear Work
Fredrik Dahl | Reuters
The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said on Wednesday he saw "no radical change" in Iran's nuclear program in the past three months, broadly covering the period since relative moderate Hassan Rouhani became president
Nuclear Signaling in South Asia: Revisiting A. Q. Khan's 1987 Threat
P. R. Chari | Carnegie Proliferation Analysis
The security landscape in South Asia is changing radically due to the introduction of new nuclear and conventional military capabilities by both India and Pakistan.
'India's Military Restraint Must Be From Position of Strength'
Economic Times
"The use of military force to counter terrorism is an especially tempting solution because it can be enacted very quickly. But it also can quickly escalate to overreaction," George Perkovich said yesterday.
Turkey Asks NATO to Extend Patriot Deployment Near Syria Border
Hürriyet Daily News
Turkey has asked NATO to extend for another year the deployment of surface-to-air Patriot missiles to protect its troubled border with Syria because of a continuing "serious" threat, officials said Nov.13.
Leaks Seen Under Reactor 1 Containment Vessel
Japan Times
Tokyo Electric Power Co. says it has found water leaks around the bottom of the containment vessel in the reactor 1 building at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the first time leaks have been detected near or possibly in any of the three containment vessels that experienced a meltdown in March 2011.