Reactions from the Next Generation
Heather Williams , Jamie Kwong , Nicholas Adamopoulos , Suzanne Claeys , Joseph Rodgers , Doreen Horschig , Lachlan MacKenzie , Melissa Chan , and Jessica Link | CSIS
As a follow-on to The Fragile Balance of Terror, the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies invited eight early- and mid-career experts to offer their reflections on the volume’s chapters and conclusions. These rising voices outline a landscape of uncertainty that they will confront throughout their careers.
White House Expressed Concern that Israel is Leaking info on Indirect Iran Talks
Barak Ravid | Axios
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan in a tough call with his Israeli counterpart last week expressed concern that Israel is leaking information to the press about indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran, three U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios.
U.S. to Send Its Biggest Sub to Korean Peninsula in Message to North and South
Timothy W. Martin | The Wall Street Journal
The U.S. plans to send its largest nuclear-armed submarine to South Korea for the first time in four decades, in an effort to deter North Korea and reassure American allies in Seoul.Bringing the massive submarine to the Korean Peninsula is intended to rattle the regime of Kim Jong Un.
Fukushima Nuclear Plant Operator Says Equipment to Release Treated Wastewater into Sea is Complete
MARI YAMAGUCHI | Associated Press
All equipment needed for the release into the sea of treated radioactive wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has been completed and will be ready for a safety inspection by Japanese regulators this week, the plant operator said Monday, as opposition to the plan continues in and outside Japan over safety concerns. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings said it installed the last piece of an undersea tunnel dug to release the water offshore, completing the construction of the necessary equipment that began last August.
Japanese Populist Calls for Say Over Any Use of U.S. Nuclear Bombs
Tim Kelly and Kaori Kaneko | Reuters
A Japanese political party leader and unabashed populist who admires former U.S. President Donald Trump has called for Japan to have a say in how U.S. nuclear weapons might be used in its defence. Nobuyuki Baba is hoping to shift Japanese politics to the right by transforming his Japan Innovation Party into the main opposition to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government in the next general election.
Reading Between the Lines of the New North Korea Intelligence Estimate
Markus Garlauskas | Atlantic Council
What is perhaps most remarkable about the latest NIE is that it highlights very recent key intelligence community judgments about North Korea. This is a major and unusual step, given that this practice was largely halted after the declassification of key judgments in the 2007 NIE on Iran’s nuclear program caused a number of public controversies. It also marks a change from how the intelligence community has generally approached public assessments of North Korea. Though US intelligence leaders have openly described North Korea as a “hard target,” they have generally been guarded in their assessments of Pyongyang’s capabilities and how they know what they know.