Unblocking the Road to Zero
The Stimson Center's Unblocking the Road to Zero project examines the perspectives of nuclear-armed and threshold countries and aims to persuade their governments that negotiated nuclear disarmament is a viable and practical policy option.
Research News
Iran In Perspective: Holding Iran to Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology
The United States and Iran have been at loggerheads since the birth of the Islamic Republic, 33 years ago, but the two nations have never seemed as close to a major military conflict as they have since the beginning of 2012. As we write, concerns of the US and many other nations that Iran's nuclear program, claimed by Tehran to be solely for peaceful purposes, is, in fact, intended
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Success in Baghdad?
The relative success of the first round of talks on Iran's nuclear activities in Istanbul last month and the apparent progress being made in Vienna on establishing a procedure to clarify the IAEA's questions about Iran's nuclear-related experiments are good signs, but success is far from guaranteed in the Baghdad round starting on May 23rd. Progress will only come
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A New Approach to Old Talks
After weeks of diplomatic sparring, a venue has finally been set for the upcoming nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, UK, and the US). Tehran has agreed to attend the talks in Istanbul a location it deemed "compromised" just days earlier. This concession may be the first small step in reaching a negotiated settlement in talks that have
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Iran In Perspective: Holding Iran to Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology
The United States and Iran have been at loggerheads since the birth of the Islamic Republic, 33 years ago, but the two nations have never seemed as close to a major military conflict as they have since the beginning of 2012. As we write, concerns of the US and many other nations that Iran's nuclear program, claimed by Tehran to be solely for peaceful purposes, is, in fact,
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A Course Adjustment for Climate Talks
With little hope that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process will produce an effective treaty, at least for the next several years and perhaps longer, are there other paths that could lead to near-term reductions in greenhouse gas emissions? One approach, forcefully articulated by Richard Benedick (Issues, Winter 2007), would replace the
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Engaging Iran in the Aftermath of IAEA Report
The latest report on Iran's nuclear activities, released on November 8th by the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), reaffirms in stunning detail that Tehran is developing the technical expertise and physical capabilities necessary to build nuclear warheads for missiles. While carefully phrased, the report, which will shortly be considered by the
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November 23, 2010
Engagement, Coercion, and Iran’s Nuclear Challenge
