North Korea says wants more talks with U.S. Jeremy Laurence | Reuters North Korea wants to hold a second round of dialogue with the United States, possibly next month, as part of renewed efforts to restart talks on disabling the North's nuclear weapons programme, a South Korean official said on Thursday.
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Global Security Newswire
Syria on Wednesday confirmed that Arab nations have set aside until next year a proposal for the IAEA to formally demand Israeli accession to the global nonproliferation regime. Israel is widely believed to possess the only nuclear arms in the Middle East, though it has for decades maintained a policy of neither confirming nor denying its arsenal. Full Article
Washington Post
A senior Myanmar envoy says his country doesn’t have the financial means to develop nuclear weapons and supports global nonproliferation. There has been speculation that Myanmar may be secretly working on such weapons, with the U.S. warning two years ago of possible nuclear technology transfers to the secretive military-ruled nation from North Korea. Full Article
Matthew Wald | New York Times
Federal help for energy projects has taken it on the chin lately, with Solyndra, the California solar manufacturer championed by the Obama administration, declaring bankruptcy after taking $528 million in loans from the Treasury. Full Article
Guido Westerwelle | Wall Street Journal
Civilian nuclear power has been the subject of highly charged debate in German politics and society for many years. The tragedy in Fukushima triggered a further profound reassessment in Germany of the risks of nuclear power. Ultimately, Fukushima accelerated our change of direction. Five months after the accident, Germany decided by law that nuclear energy will be phased out by 2022. Full Article
James M. Acton, Christopher Ford, Daniel Joyner | Carnegie Endowment event
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty may be the cornerstone of international law relating to nuclear weapons, but disagreements over its meaning abound. Are the treaty’s nonproliferation strictures more important than its disarmament and peaceful use provisions? Just how inalienable is the right of states to use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes? And, what does the commitment to pursue negotiations in good faith on nuclear disarmament mean in practice? Full Article
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