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Wall Street Journal Cites NPEC Analysis of US-Hanoi Nuclear Negotiations
News
August 5, 2010
Asia, Pacific Rim, Nuclear Security, Peaceful Nuclear Energy, United States, Nuclear Proliferation
The Wall Street Journal cites NPEC's executive director that negotiations to share US nuclear fuel and technology with Vietnam could undermine efforts to curb the spread of nuclear fuel-making.
NPEC Questions Safeguardability of New Enrichment Technology
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August 3, 2010
International, International Atomic Energy Agency, NPT Compliance, Nuclear Security, The Nonproliferation Regime, Safeguards
NPEC's executive director challenges the idea that new laser-based enrichment technology can provide a timely warning of covert nuclear activities in a new Global Security Newswire article.
Washington Times Quotes NPEC Analysis of US Announcement to Block Pakistan-China Nuclear Deal
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July 23, 2010
China, Nuclear Export Controls, Nuclear Suppliers Group, South Asia
In "U.S. to Oppose Chinese Reactor Sale to Pakistan," The Washington Times quotes NPEC's executive director as noting that ultimately the U.S. will relent, but that it remains unclear what the White House will ask for in exchange for doing so. Global Security Newswire ran a similar story quoting this NPEC analysis as well.
NPEC Urges U.S. Require China to Obtain Exemption at NSG for Pakistan Deal
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July 1, 2010
Nuclear Cooperation Agreements, South Asia, U.S. Nonproliferation Policy, Nuclear Proliferation
In a new article in The Washington Times, NPEC's executive director urges the Obama administration to stand firm and demand China obtain an exemption from the NSG, while clarifying beforehand exactly what granting such an exception will require.
U.S. Objections at NSG over China-Pakistani Deal Likely to Fade - NPEC
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June 16, 2010
Nuclear Cooperation Agreements, Nuclear Suppliers Group, South Asia, Nuclear Power Economics
A new article in The Christian Science Monitor spotlights the coming battle in the Nuclear Suppliers Group over China's proposed deal to sell reactors to Pakistan, an argument that NPEC's executive director suspects the U.S. will ultimately lose in light of its own nuclear cooperation agreement with India.
Nuclear Proliferation Potential of Laser Enrichment Highlighted by NPEC
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May 29, 2010
Nuclear Abolition & the Next Arms Race
NPEC's executive director voiced concern in an article in the Christian Science Monitor about new technologies such as laser uranium enrichment that could help rogue states develop clandestine nuclear weapons programs.
P5 Reach Agreement on Draft Resolution Condemning Iran
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May 19, 2010
Greater Middle East & Africa, NPT Compliance, Peaceful Nuclear Energy, U.S. Nonproliferation Policy, Nuclear Proliferation
The five permanent members of the Security Council have reached agreement on a draft resolution that would moderately expand sanctions on Iran by calling on firms to block transactions they suspect are related to banned activities, increasing the arms embargo to include certain kinds of light weaponry, establishing a framework for inspections of suspected illicit cargos at sea and instituting an international asset freeze and travel ban for members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
NPEC Questions Possible US Wink at Sino-Pakistani Nuclear Deal
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May 13, 2010
Nuclear Cooperation Agreements, Nuclear Suppliers Group, South Asia, The Nonproliferation Regime
NPEC's executive director notes in The Washington Times that the recent decision by China to sell nuclear reactors to Pakistan in breach of Nuclear Suppliers Group guidelines poses a serious threat to the Obama administration's nonproliferation goals.
Global Security Newswire Highlights NPEC Testimony on Reforming Oversight of Nuclear Cooperation Agreements
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May 10, 2010
India, United Arab Emirates, United States, Nuclear Power Economics
A new dispatch from the Global Security Newswire highlights NPEC's executive director's testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade Subcommittee, where he argued that Congress needs to expand and deepen its oversight of U.S. nuclear cooperation agreements.
Obama Administration Resubmits Russian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement to Congress
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May 10, 2010
Nuclear Cooperation Agreements, Russia
On May 10, 2010, President Obama notified the Secretaries of State and Energy that he had resubmitted the nuclear cooperation agreement to Congress that President George W. Bush had signed with Russia in 2008 but suspended after its invasion of Georgia. Articles in the New York Times and Global Security Newswire cover the White House's latest move to gain Russian support on Iranian sanctions.
