A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.
North Korea
Nikki Haley on Trump’s ‘nuclear button’ tweet: He must ‘keep Kim on his toes’
Threat of North Korean weapons testing lingers over talks with the South
Ban Ki-moon calls Trump’s North Korea tweets ‘a message from the international community’
How U.S. intelligence agencies underestimated North Korea
F-35’s could someday help kill North Korea’s nuclear missiles
In the nuclear standoff, ordinary North Koreans disappear
National security experts Morrell, Donilon on North Korea threat
North Korea may suddenly want talks because of how powerful it has become
United States
US security experts back Iran nuclear deal, as Trump faces deadlines
US working ‘to fix’ Iran nuclear deal: Tillerson
Trump faces pivotal decisions on Iran sanctions
Trump should kill the Iran Nuclear deal, for the dissidents and protesters
Is Trump stuck with an Iran deal he loathes?
Trump’s first comprehensive review of US nuclear forces nearly complete: report
Trump is about to put his mark on the US nuclear arsenal
CDC briefing to focus on preparing for nuclear war
Clock resets for $1M-a-day fine against DOE for S.C. plutonium removal
International
Iran says it might reconsider cooperation with U.N. nuclear watchdog
Israel’s nuclear weapons program
Belgium asks Google to blur aerial images of nuclear weapons storage areas
Gilinsky/Sokolski: Reactors for Saudi Arabia are bad business and dangerous diplomacy
General Interest
Time to step off the nuclear tightrope
Necessity and proportionality beyond the nuclear threshold
Dr. Strangelove and the insane reality of nuclear command-and-control
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