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Is Washington Too Focused on Iran’s Nuclear Program?

For nearly a decade, the nuclear question has crowded out serious deliberations over a broader policy toward Iran.

Michael Singh

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WMD & Proliferation Jul 12, 2019 Snapshot

How Iran Sees Its Standoff With the United States

Washington’s reversal on the nuclear deal has turned Iranian citizens’ distrust on the United States and presented Iranian officials with stark, unwanted choices.

Seyed Hossein Mousavian

A woman walking in Tehran, Iran, July 2019

WMD & Proliferation Jun 14, 2019 Snapshot

How the Russian Church Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

It’s impossible to fully understand the strategic reality in Russia today without scrutinizing the remarkable conjunction between the Kremlin, the Russian Orthodox...

Dmitry Adamsky

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, attend a foundation stone laying ceremony for the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Chris toutside Moscow, September 2018

WMD & Proliferation May 9, 2019 Snapshot

The Art of a New Iran Deal

The announcement that Iran will limit compliance with parts of the nuclear agreement is proof positive that the Trump approach is not working.

Sanam Vakil

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani gestures as he addresses the Innovation and Industry Forum during an official visit in Bern, Switzerland, July 2018

WMD & Proliferation Feb 26, 2019 List

How to Understand North Korea and Nuclear Weapons

From “Fire and Fury” to the Trump-Kim Summits

Security Jan 10, 2019 Snapshot

Why Iran Waits

Iran has continued to comply with the restrictions on its nuclear program under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action despite U.S. withdrawal.

Henry Rome

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a joint news conference with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after their meeting in Ankara, December 2018.

WMD & Proliferation January/February 2019 Letter

Would China Go Nuclear?

Dennis C. Blair, Caitlin Talmadge

A paramilitary officer takes part in a bomb disposal drill in Chongzuo, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, September 2018.

WMD & Proliferation Nov 19, 2018 Snapshot

The Right Way to Manage a Nuclear North Korea

Washington needs to accept that North Korea will remain a nuclear power for the foreseeable future and manage the situation accordingly.

Ankit Panda

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a long range rocket launch into the air in North Korea, February 2016.

WMD & Proliferation November/December 2018 Comment

Armed and Dangerous

The real nuclear challenge is what to do when personalist dictatorships, such as North Korea, get the bomb. Careful handling and creative policymaking might contain...

Scott D. Sagan

Mike Pompeo November/December 2018 Essay

Confronting Iran

The U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, lays out the Trump Administration's foreign policy towards Iran.

Michael R. Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the United Against Nuclear Iran Summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 2018.

Arms Control & Disarmament November/December 2018 Comment

Nuclear Weapons Don’t Matter

The impact of nuclear weapons on international affairs has been minor compared with the sums and words expended on them, but the costs resulting from the obsession...

John Mueller

On the warpath: U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell making the case for invading Iraq, 2003

Arms Control & Disarmament November/December 2018 Comment

The Vanishing Nuclear Taboo?

As geopolitical tensions rise and nuclear arsenals are expanded and modernized, decades of arms control agreements, security cooperation, and a growing consensus about...

Nina Tannenwald

War & Military Strategy November/December 2018 Comment

Beijing’s Nuclear Option

A future conventional conflict between the United States and China could slide into a nuclear crisis more easily than we think.

Caitlin Talmadge

WMD & Proliferation November/December 2018 Comment

Moscow’s Nuclear Enigma

Nuclear strategy hawks in Washington tend to think that Russia's nuclear arsenal is designed for a future military offensive, but Moscow's key nuclear strategy old...

Olga Oliker

Arms Control & Disarmament November/December 2018 Comment

If You Want Peace, Prepare for Nuclear War

The United States must develop a modern nuclear arsenal lest it lose the ability to credibly defend its allies against potential attacks by rivals such as China and R...

Elbridge Colby

WMD & Proliferation Oct 2, 2018 Snapshot

Nuclear Deals and Double Standards

Trump is putting the global nonproliferation regime at risk.

Jeffrey Lewis

WMD & Proliferation September/October 2018 Essay

How We Got the Iran Deal

The 2015 Iran nuclear deal stands as a model for combining the threat of sanctions and continued isolation with the hard work of negotiating, even between countries...

Wendy Sherman

Let's make a deal: during negotiations in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2015.

WMD & Proliferation Jun 6, 2018 Snapshot

North Korea’s Illegal Weapons Trade

For decades, North Korea has proliferated weapons, including conventional arms, ballistic missiles, and chemical agents, to states such as Iran and Syria.

Bruce E. Bechtol, Jr.

Kim Jong Un with North Korean officials in Pyongyang, September 2017.

Strategy & Conflict Jun 1, 2018 Postscript

A Better North Korea Strategy

The United States must embed its approach to North Korea within a broader strategy that advances long-term U.S. interests in the region, including, but not limited to,...

Victor Cha and Katrin Fraser Katz

Missiles at a military parade in Pyongyang, February 2018

Arms Control & Disarmament May 10, 2018 Snapshot

The Strategic Disaster of Leaving the Iran Deal

Iran has learned that negotiating with Washington is a dead end.

Seyed Hossein Mousavian

Iranian missiles on display in Tehran, February 2018.

Arms Control & Disarmament Apr 30, 2018 Snapshot

A Real Path to Peace on the Korean Peninsula

For all the remaining challenges, a comprehensive peace deal including real denuclearization by North Korea is achievable in a couple of years, if not in the months...

Chung-in Moon

Kim Jong Un (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in Panmunjom, April 2018.

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How Iran Sees Its Standoff With the United States

How the Russian Church Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

The Art of a New Iran Deal

How to Understand North Korea and Nuclear Weapons

Why Iran Waits

Would China Go Nuclear?

The Right Way to Manage a Nuclear North Korea

Armed and Dangerous

Confronting Iran

Nuclear Weapons Don’t Matter

The Vanishing Nuclear Taboo?

Beijing’s Nuclear Option

Moscow’s Nuclear Enigma

If You Want Peace, Prepare for Nuclear War

Nuclear Deals and Double Standards

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North Korea’s Illegal Weapons Trade

A Better North Korea Strategy

The Strategic Disaster of Leaving the Iran Deal

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