Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 8/14/2017

By Jodi Lieberman, August 14, 2017

A compilation of quality nuclear policy news published on the Web, around the world.

North Korea

North Korea’s “not quite” ICBM can’t hit the lower 48 states

Further comments on the developing situation with North Korea

War clouds on the Korean peninsula: What would we do if…?

Top US military official arrives South Korea amid North Korea tension

North Korea’s Missile Success Is Linked to Ukrainian Plant, Investigators Say

High Levels of Activity at North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard

Experts aren’t convinced North Korean nuke could make it to U.S.

Mattis and Tillerson: A North Korean nuclear attack will be met with an ‘overwhelming response’

Officials downplay idea that nuclear war with North Korea is imminent

Mullen: Trump’s rhetoric on North Korea ‘has taken away options’

Former spy chief: Denuclearized North Korea not in the cards

Boris Johnson says blame for North Korea-US nuclear weapons crisis lies with Kim Jong-un

McMaster Rips Susan Rice for Suggesting U.S. ‘Tolerate’ Nuclear Weapons in North Korea: ‘She’s Not Right’

North Korea’s nuclear threats to U.S.: What Pyongyang can and can’t do (yet)

Wit: Back Channel to North Korea

North Korea’s nuclear obsession, explained

United States

Nuclear Anxiety Returns to America

Sagan: Public Opinion Unlikely to Curb a U.S. President’s Use of Nuclear Weapons in War, Stanford Scholar Finds

Revisiting Hiroshima in Iran: What Americans Really Think about Using Nuclear Weapons and Killing Noncombatants

When Should the President Use Nuclear Weapons?

Movies to Help Donald Trump Understand Nuclear War

Could Utah be epicenter of thorium-based nuclear energy?

After failure of nuclear plant in South Carolina, backers seek federal aid

International

Before You Rip Up That Iran Deal …

Will Trump demolish the ‘horrible’ nuclear deal with Iran?

If U.S. Pulls Out/ Violates Iran Nuclear Deal Then No Nation Could (Or Should) Trust U.S. Diplomacy

Iranian politician urges for renegotiating nuclear deal (Exclusive)

New sanctions on Iran, now it’s time for a new US policy too

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