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Nuclear Nonproliferation

  • WMD-Free Middle East Proposal at a Glance
    Fact Sheets & Briefs
    November 29, 2012

    November 2012
  • Iran Nuclear Brief: The November 2012 IAEA Report on Iran and Its Implications
    Threat Assessment Brief
    November 25, 2012

    The new quarterly report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear program finds that Tehran has continued to install more centrifuges for uranium enrichment at its underground complex at Fordow, although the total number of operating centrifuges at Fordow has not yet increased, according to the Agency
  • Scots Seek Legal Ban on Nuclear Weapons
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2012

    The Scottish National Party (SNP) will seek a constitutional ban on nuclear weapons if a scheduled 2014 referendum on Scottish independence is successful, Scottish First Minister and leader of the SNP Alex Salmond said last month.
  • Iran Says Talks to Resume in November
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2012

    Iran’s foreign minister said negotiations between Tehran and six world powers over Iran’s controversial nuclear program would resume in late November, but a spokesman for the six-country group’s lead negotiator was less specific.
  • Arab States Look to WMD Meeting in 2012
    Arms Control Today
    November 2, 2012

    The Arab League reaffirmed its commitment to holding a conference in December on the establishment of a Middle Eastern zone free of weapons of mass destruction and called on all countries in the region to participate.
  • Israel Raises Doubts About WMD Meeting
    Arms Control Today
    October 2, 2012

    The head of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission last month offered a bleak assessment of the prospects for holding a long-planned conference on weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the Middle East, citing the “somber realities” in the region.
  • Mongolia Recognized as Nuclear-Free Zone
    Arms Control Today
    October 2, 2012

    At a ceremony in New York Sept. 17, representatives from the five original nuclear-weapon states and Mongolia signed parallel political declarations that formally recognize Mongolia’s nuclear-weapon-free status.
  • North Korea Makes Progress on Reactor
    Arms Control Today
    October 2, 2012

    North Korea’s continued construction of a light-water reactor (LWR) that experts say could be used to produce weapons-grade plutonium is “deeply troubling,” International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano said last month.
  • IAEA Board of Governors Calls on Iran to Cooperate with IAEA, But Tehran Continues to Balk
    Issue Briefs
    September 18, 2012

    After years of denying any need to respond to international concerns about suspected nuclear weaponization work, Iran finally engaged in discussions earlier this year with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on a plan to address its alleged weapons-related activities. After months of on-and-off talks, however, Iran has still refused to agree to the IAEA's proposal for a "structured approach" to that investigation.
  • Nearly at the Brink: The Tasks and Capacity of the 1540 Committee
    Arms Control Today
    August 30, 2012

    In June 2005, the congressionally mandated bipartisan Task Force on the United Nations concluded that the UN Security Council, in adopting Resolution 1540, “created a potentially powerful tool for countering the nonstate proliferation threat.”[1] The task force thought that the effectiveness of the resolution, which obliges all states to take measures to combat the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and their means of delivery to nonstate actors, would depend heavily on the committee it established to carry out its directives.