Enrichment is key to any country’s nuclear ambitions. The US-Saudi deal is unclear where matters rest on that issue.
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A lack of trust, failure to agree to the grounds on which discussion is taking place and Israel’s de facto veto provide insurmountable barriers.
The war in Iran has cut off diplomatic efforts to limit the country’s development of nuclear weapons. Securing that material and equipment in other ways would be difficult and dangerous.
More than 20 years after the US military success in Iraq, the outcome of the US effort at regime change wasn’t as expected, and authoritarians with close ties to Iran now rule the country.
As the United States and Russia signal a return to nuclear testing, Australia’s remote monitoring station plays a crucial role in global verification.
The treaty is the last of the agreements put in place after the cold war to lapse.
The Trump administration has called on Iran to permanently end its nuclear program. But threats of force may undermine effort of nonproliferation.
In an ever more dangerous world the focus should be on how we can limit, not increase, the risk of major nuclear conflicts.
The move has prompted fears of a new nuclear arms race.
The recent strikes could convince Iran and other states that building nuclear weapons is the only way to prevent such attacks.
In the majority of cases, diplomacy has played a pivotal role in convincing nuclear-seeking nations to relinquish their pursuit of nuclear weapons.
Nonproliferation experts believe Iraq’s nuclear program went underground after Israel destroyed its reactor just outside Baghdad.
After being attacked by both Israel and the US, Iran is likely to feel that it has no option to redouble its efforts to develop its own nuclear deterrent.
Strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran may increase Tehran’s belief that attaining nuclear weapons is key to establishing a deterrence to regime change.
Once protected by its nuclear umbrella, America’s closest allies are now threatened by it and contemplating their own nuclear weapons.
Mandatory military service and nuclear weapons may be new ideas for Canadians, but other friendly democracies have been using these strategies for decades.
The Energy Department has a dual mission with a heavy science focus and manages large, expensive programs, many of which are behind schedule and over budget.
Putin says his new long-range missile could hit targets with the force of a meteorite.
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Nuclear proliferation is gathering pace as global tensions rise.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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