Verification and the Iran Deal
Mark Hibbs | Trust & Verify
The success in concluding the initial step of the Iran deal was bought at the price of lack of clarity about how all seven countries should proceed in negotiating the final step during the next 12 months.
Trillion Dollar Nuclear Triad: US Strategic Modernization over the Next Thirty Years
Jon B. Wolfsthal, Jeffrey Lewis, and Marc Quint | James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
The United States will likely spend over $1 trillion during the next three decades to maintain its current nuclear arsenal and purchase their replacement systems.
Claims That Nuclear File Taken From Zarif, Foreign Ministry Prove False
Arash Karamia | Al-Monitor
Reformist newspaper Shargh has reported that claims by hard-line media that the nuclear file has been taken away from the Foreign Ministry and handed back over to the Supreme National Security Council are inaccurate.
South Korea, U.S. Resume Talks on Nuclear Energy Pact
Korea Herald
South Korea and the United States began their ninth round of talks on Tuesday on whether to allow Seoul to enrich uranium and reprocess spent nuclear fuel, the foreign ministry here said.
U.S. to Start Cutting Submarine Missile-Launchers Next Year
Rachel Oswald | Global Security Newswire
The United States next year is slated to begin reducing launch tubes on each of its Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, a new independent report states.
Sensitive Japan Asks India to Address Safe Use of Nuclear Energy
Hindu
An influential lawmaker from Tokyo indicated on Monday that the path ahead was still not smooth and India should make concessions keeping in mind Japanese sensitivities.