U.N. Nuclear Investigation Could be Foiled by Clean-up: Diplomats

Fredrik Dahl | Reuters

The U.N. nuclear watchdog acknowledged on Wednesday it might not find anything if allowed access to an Iranian military facility, in an apparent reference to suspected clean-up work there, diplomats said.

North Korea, A Deceptive Lull

Mark Fitzpatrick | IISS

After a five-month period of escalating tension and over-the-top rhetoric from December to April—what one US think tank termed the 'hot-air war of 2013'—the Korean Peninsula is now in what the Pentagon spokesman called a 'provocation pause.'

Nuclear Option Could Yet Hole Coalition

Kiran Stacey and James Blitz | Financial Times

Nick Clegg and David Cameron spent much of last week reassuring voters that the coalition will continue until 2015 as they sought to reassert their control at the top of government after a string of internal rows.

For the Record, I Completely Disagree With Our Latest 'Bomb Iran' Post

James Fallows | The Atlantic

I've just seen a post on our Global channel by two retired generals, one American and one Israeli, that purports to ask and answer important questions about a preemptive strike by either the U.S. or Israel on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Japan Seeks Deal to Sell Reactors to India

Toko Sekiguchi | Wall Street Journal

Japan and India agreed to deepen bilateral ties by strengthening their economic and defense cooperation and to reopen talks for a nuclear energy agreement that would let Japanese companies export nuclear reactors and technology to India.

Jaitapur Nuclear Plant Headed for Delay: AREVA

Moushumi Das Gupta | Hindustan Times

Even as India is looking forward to reach an agreement on civil nuclear energy cooperation with Japan during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s ongoing visit, the unending delay in signing the commercial agreement with French major Areva for building two nuclear reactors at Jaitapur, Maharastra is threatening to derail the economics of the project.