Perspectives on the Evolving Nuclear Order
IN THIS ISSUE: Perspectives on the Evolving Nuclear Order, North Korea Apparently Reopened Plant to Produce Plutonium: IAEA, After Swiss Backing, China Says NSG Still Divided on India, India Clears Final Hurdle to Join Missile Technology Control Regime, Diplomats Say, U.N. Watchdog: Iran Nuclear Deal Appears To Be Working So Far, But Inspectors Are ‘Stretched’, Iran's Broken Financial System
Perspectives on the Evolving Nuclear Order
Toby Dalton, Togzhan Kassenova, and Lauryn Williams
The global nuclear order appears increasingly tense, primarily because many states feel that the structure and distribution of benefits is unjust. Among the states that will determine how the nuclear order will adapt, Argentina, Brazil, China, India, and Pakistan are particularly important.
North Korea Apparently Reopened Plant to Produce Plutonium: IAEA
Reuters
North Korea appears to have reopened a plant to produce plutonium from spent fuel of a reactor central to its atomic weapons drive, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Monday, suggesting the country’s arms effort is widening.
After Swiss Backing, China Says NSG Still Divided on India
Ananth Krishnan | India Today
A day after India secured the crucial support of Switzerland for accession into the Nuclear Suppliers Group, China remained unmoved on its concerns maintaining that other members of the elite group “still differ” on the issue.
India Clears Final Hurdle to Join Missile Control Group, Diplomats Say
Douglas Busvine | Reuters
The members of the Missile Technology Control Regime, an international anti-proliferation grouping, have agreed to admit India, diplomats said, in a win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he met U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington on Tuesday. Diplomats with direct knowledge of the matter said a deadline for members of the 34-nation group to object to India’s admission had expired on Monday without any raising objections.
U.N. Watchdog: Iran Nuclear Deal Appears to be Working so Far, But Inspectors Are ‘Stretched’
Joby Warrick | Washington Post
The head of the United Nations nuclear agency says Iran appears to be hewing to the letter of last year’s landmark nuclear agreement but says his inspectors are stretched thin by the task of monitoring compliance across a country the size of Alaska.
Iran’s Broken Financial System
Elizabeth Rosenberg and Richard Nephew | Politico
The Iran nuclear deal was destined to be controversial in its negotiation, conclusion and implementation. Nowhere is the deal more complex than in the area of sanctions relief. But blaming sanctions for the failure of a windfall for Iran to materialize—as critics and supporters alike are saying—misplaces attribution and undermines prospects for the deal’s success.
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