Categories: Nuclear Roundup

Nuclear Roundup: 12/19/2017

By Jodi Lieberman, December 19, 2017

A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.

North Korea

North Korea executes official in charge of nuclear test site: Report

HR McMaster weighs in on North Korea nuclear threat

North Korea nuclear weapons up for grabs if regime falls

North Korea weapons ‘sprint’ revives specter of nuclear exchange

All I want for Christmas is a new North Korea strategy

United States

US bars drones over nuclear sites for security reasons

US could broaden its use of nuclear weapons, Trump administration signals

Trump revives Cold War rhetoric in foreign policy plan: Nuclear weapons ‘foundation’ of strategy

North Korea and Iran are footnotes in Trump’s national security speech

Why America built 3,000 of these simple nuclear weapons

International

Iran says Trump cannot cause collapse of nuclear deal: TV

Russia got rid of its Cold War-era nukes in Europe—now it wants the US to do the same

The Central Asian country powering the world’s nuclear needs

Nuclear power’s resurgence in the Middle East

General Interest

The problem of nuclear weapons and agreements to not use them

Send Jodi Lieberman items of interest for the Nuclear Roundup at brodnica67@gmail.com.

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