The Great Strategic Triangle
IN THIS ISSUE: The great strategic triangle, S. Korea slams 'unjustifiable' North action on Kaesong, helping Iran make TRR fuel, Iran may have continued weapons research after 2003, IAEA chief says, getting back to calm in Korea, ex-regulator says reactors are flawed.
Alexei Arbatov and Vladimir Dvorkin | Carnegie paper
The “Great Triangle” of the Asia-Pacific region formed by the United States, Russia, and China is particularly important in both geopolitical and military-strategic terms. The strategic arsenals and military programs of the two traditional superpowers and the steady buildup of the nuclear and missile capabilities of China, the newly emergent superpower of the twenty-first century, give global significance to the Great Triangle they form. Full Article
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South China Morning Post
“That is very troubling because they are against United Nations Security Council resolutions,” IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano told reporters at a conference on nuclear policy held by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. Full Article
Mark Hibbs | Arms Control Wonk
In January I discussed the prospects for including a serious nuclear cooperation component in a future comprehensive deal to resolve the Iran crisis, permitting Russia to provide Iran with PWR fuel-fabrication infrastructure to complete the front end of its civil nuclear fuel cycle and at the same time incentivize Moscow to firmly line up with the EU-3/US group. Full Article
Joby Warrick | Washington Post
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said Monday that his agency cannot rule out the possibility that Iran was actively seeking nuclear weapons technology, citing intelligence on suspicious research by Iranian scientists that occurred as recently as a few years ago. Full Article
James L. Schoff | Carnegie article
East Asian nations are growing concerned about North Korea's bellicose rhetoric, notably China, which previously tolerated Pyongyang’s aggressiveness. A key question now is whether the United States and its allies should take a more proactive approach. Full Article
Matthew L. Wald | New York Times
All 104 nuclear power reactors now in operation in the United States have a safety problem that cannot be fixed and they should be replaced with newer technology, the former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said on Monday, at the Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference in Washington in a session about the Fukushima accident. Full Article
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