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  • Major Powers to Hold More Talks With Iran
    Arms Control Today
    January 10, 2011

    At a meeting in Geneva on Iran’s nuclear program, six world powers and Iran agreed to hold further talks in Istanbul in late January. Before the meeting, Iran announced that it would process its first batch of uranium "yellowcake."

  • U.S., Allies Prod China on North Korea
    Arms Control Today
    January 10, 2011

    The United States, Japan, and South Korea called on China to place added pressure on North Korea following a series of provocative actions by Pyongyang and said six-party negotiations could not begin before the North-South relationship improved.
  • U.S. Consulting on Middle East Meeting
    Arms Control Today
    December 5, 2010

     

     
  • The Nuclear Freeze and Its Impact
    Arms Control Today
    December 5, 2010
  • Verification on the Road to Zero: Issues for Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement
    Arms Control Today
    December 5, 2010
  • The Status of Iran's Nuclear and Missile Programs
    ACA Events
    November 22, 2010

    Transcript available. The Arms Control Association on Monday, November 22 hosted the first in a series of briefings on Iran's nuclear program, with panelists Olli Heinonen, Michael Elleman and Paul Pillar, moderated by Greg Thielmann. Panelists discussed Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities, intelligence limitations and answered key questions regarding the status of Iran's nuclear program.
  • North Korea's Uranium Enrichment Challenge
    Issue Briefs
    November 22, 2010

    Volume 1, Number 36

    The revelation regarding North Korea’s Yongbyon uranium-enrichment plant provides new insight into long-held suspicions about the country’s enrichment efforts, but also raises new questions. More importantly, it demonstrates that the proliferation challenge from North Korea will continue to grow if it is not addressed, and pursuing renewed negotiations with Pyongyang is the only viable option to tackle the problem.
  • Next Steps in Arms Control: Nuclear Weapons, 
Missile Defense and NATO
    ACA Events
    November 8, 2010

    November promises to be a watershed month for U.S.-NATO-Russia issues. Please join the Arms Control Association and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung North America on Monday, Nov. 8 for a one-day conference on Next Steps in Arms Control:  Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense and NATO.

    Transcript now available.
  • Work at North Korea Reactor Site Unclear
    Arms Control Today
    November 4, 2010

    North Korea is engaged in new construction work near its dormant nuclear reactor, the South Korean Defense Ministry said Oct. 5, raising concerns that Pyongyang is preparing to reconstitute the plant used to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons. Yet, experts said that the purpose of the construction work seen via satellite photos is not clear and does not appear consistent with efforts to rebuild critical reactor structures.
  • Iran Nuclear Efforts Face Critical Limits
    Arms Control Today
    November 4, 2010

    Iran continues to face considerable technical difficulties with key aspects of its nuclear program, the former head of safeguards at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in October.

    Olli Heinonen, who was the deputy director-general for safeguards at the IAEA until August, said in an Oct. 22 interview with Haaretz that because of problems Iran is facing with its gas centrifuge uranium-enrichment plant, “they are losing materials…and so, with this defective equipment, they will have a hard time enriching the material to a level high enough to enable the production of nuclear weapons.”

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