By Samuel Hickey Iran’s nuclear program continues to expand and become less transparent with Iran limiting UN inspectors’ access to nuclear sites. Further, there remain monitoring disputes separate from the deal over access to Iranian facilities that has led the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog to complain about an “astonishing” lack of communication. The urgency for […]
Op-ed: Preventing an accidental nuclear crisis in Iran and beyond
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey wrote an op-ed in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists arguing that despite its politicization in Congress, the Iran nuclear deal represents the next-generation nuclear verification design to prevent any country from cheating its way to a nuclear weapon in a hurry. “There has been no sign as to when nuclear talks […]
Congress Begins Grappling with Afghanistan Fiasco, But Has It Learned Anything?
By John Isaacs Both the Senate and House Armed Services Committees held high-profile hearings with the top U.S. military brass on the dismal end to U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan. Most of the hearings consisted of GOP Members of Congress lambasting the Biden administration’s exit strategy and Democratic members responding that that the war was, […]
Op-ed: What’s Iran’s nuclear deal?
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey co-authored an article for War on the Rocks discussing the current status of Iran’s nuclear program and the prospects for a return to the negotiating table under the new regime. “President Joe Biden’s much-discussed plans to rejoin the Iran nuclear deal are off to a bad start. After six rounds, indirect […]
Iran’s Nuclear Deal Works
Research Analyst Samuel Hickey was interviewed on Arab Talk, a San Francisco radio broadcast focusing on events in the Middle East, where he spoke about his recent article, “How Iran’s Research Reactors Prove the Nuclear Deal is Still Working,” which appeared in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.