‘Strategic Patience’ with North Korea By Lt. General Robert Gard November 21, 2013 North Korea’s nuclear weapons program marches on. According to several reports, Pyongyang recently re-started its reactor to produce spent fuel from which weapons grade plutonium is reprocessed, upgraded its uranium enrichment facility, dug additional tunnels in its nuclear test site and expanded […]

White House Warns Senate Off of Warhead-Cost Measure Elaine M. Grossman and Douglas P. Guarino November 19, 2013 The Obama administration on Monday evening pushed back against suggestions it might reconsider a costly plan for upgrading a pair of U.S. nuclear warheads due to increasing budget constraints and growing skepticism about the project’s feasibility. The […]

Iran Nuclear Talks End with No Breakthrough By Hannah Allam & Jonathan Landay November 8, 2013 WASHINGTON — An emerging deal that would curtail Iran’s nuclear program and expand inspections in exchange for relief from some economic sanctions will upset U.S. allies Israel and Saudi Arabia but is likely to lessen the chance of a […]

China, U.S. Seen at Odds on Merits of Restarting North Korea Nuclear Talks Rachel Oswald November 13, 2013 WASHINGTON — Multi-nation nuclear negotiations with North Korea may not start any time soon, as the United States and other participating countries do not appear to share China’s zeal for starting talks without any denuclearization commitment from […]

White House ambitions on Iran deal face challenge from hawks in Congress By Spencer Ackerman November 8, 2013 As soon as the Obama administration reaches an anticipated deal with Iran over its nuclear program, it will face a new challenge that threatens to strangle the accord in its crib: the inevitable attempts on Capitol Hill […]