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India and Pakistan: A Thin Line between War and Peace

IN THIS ISSUE: India and Pakistan: a thin line between war and peace, a weapon without a mission: U.S. developing boost-glide missile, 'no meaningful talks if N.K. sticks to nuke state claim,' U.N. nuclear chief upbeat on Iran but says bomb probe will take time, work on giant underground ice wall begins at Fukushima plant, the Iran nuclear talks are pretty much totally stalled.

Published on June 3, 2014

India and Pakistan: A Thin Line between War and Peace

George Perkovich and Toby Dalton | National Interest

While Nawaz Sharif's visit to New Delhi for the inauguration of Narendra Modi was encouraging, a single act of terrorism could spell disaster.

A Weapon Without A Mission: U.S. Developing Boost-Glide Missile

Arun Rath and James Acton | NPR

The U.S. military has been working on a weapon that could strike remote targets quickly. NPR's Arun Rath talks with James Acton of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the technology.

'No meaningful talks if N.K. sticks to nuke state claim'

Korea Herald

A South Korean government official told reporters Monday that a meaningful dialogue in the six-party talks is out of the question as long as Pyongyang keeps describing itself as a nuclear state in its constitution and sticks to the policy of seeking nuclear weapons development and economic growth at the same time.

U.N. nuclear chief upbeat on Iran but says bomb probe will take time

Fredrik Dahl | Reuters

The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday that Iran had begun to engage substantively with a long-thwarted probe into suspected atom bomb research, but that more was needed to clear up his concerns.

Work on giant underground ice wall begins at Fukushima plant

Japan Times

Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Monday started building a huge underground ice wall around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant to reduce the generation of toxic water at the crippled complex. 

The Iran Nuclear Talks Are Pretty Much Totally Stalled

Armin Rosen | Business Insider

Both Iranian and U.S. officials are saying that it will take at least six more months to resolve the standoff between Iran and international community over the Iranian nuclear program.

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