Undermining JCPOA Not in Best Interest of Any Party
Pierre Goldschmidt
One year has passed since Iran and the P5+1 group reached an agreement on Tehran's nuclear program known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA); an agreement, which put an end to more than one decade of tension between the two sides over Iran’s nuclear program and turned into an important model for peaceful resolution of a difference.
As Democrats Gather, a Russian Subplot Raises Intrigue
David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth | New York Times
An unusual question is capturing the attention of cyberspecialists, Russia experts and Democratic Party leaders in Philadelphia: Is Vladimir V. Putin trying to meddle in the American presidential election? Until Friday, that charge, with its eerie suggestion of a Kremlin conspiracy to aid Donald J. Trump, has been only whispered.
White House Mulls Big Nuclear Policy Changes, and Lawmakers Speak Up
Joe Gould | Defense News
As the clock ticks down on the final term of US President Barack Obama, who is believed to be reviewing a potential disarmament agenda for his last months in office, there has been a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill to try to influence the internal debate.
Seoul, Washington Won't Share THAAD Radar Info With Japan
Yonhap News
South Korea and the United States will not share with Japan the information they obtain from the radar of an advanced anti-missile system that will be set up by late 2017, a government source said Monday. Their remarks come amid speculations that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to be deployed in South Korea is part of a wider move to integrate the South into the broader missile defense (MD) system operated by the U.S. and Japan.
Preparations Under Way To Arrange China-N. Korea Bilateral Talks: Source
Yonhap News
Preparations are in motion to arrange bilateral talks between China and North Korea, a source said Sunday, raising the prospects that their top diplomats will meet for the first time in two years at a regional security gathering under way here. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho reportedly took the same flight to make a trip to this Laotian capital of Vientiane on Sunday. After getting off, they were headed to the same hotel where their delegations are to stay until the ASEAN meetings end.
Russia’s Pacific Fleet Fires First Bastion Missile System
Sputnik News
Russia’s Pacific Fleet troops fired the first Bastion coastal defense mobile anti-ship missile systems in the Far East Primorsky Territory, the Eastern Military District’s Pacific Fleet spokesman said Friday. “The Pacific Fleet coastal forces’ missile formation troops conduct the first launch of a new ‘Bastion’ missile system that entered service in 2016,” Vladimir Matveev said, adding that he expects the new system to enter combat duty next month.