A daily roundup of quality nuclear policy news.
North Korea
Intl community must work together to contain N. Korean nuclear threat
Progress at North Korea’s experimental light water reactor at Yongbyon
UN chief: Beware nuclear North Korea, back global unity
NATO chief warns of growing nuclear threat from North Korea, Russia
United States
Axios: Kelly, Secret Service agent scuffled with Chinese officials over nuclear ‘football’
Why Trump might bend nuclear security rules to help Saudi Arabia build reactors in the desert
Gordon-Hagerty confirmed as NNSA administrator
World’s most dangerous handbag: How the ‘nuclear football’ works
Trump rips Obama-era Iran payment in tweet knocking Congress, FBI, DOJ
Kerry: It was “strategic thinking,” not a “concession,” to leave missiles out of Iran nuclear deal
Continuity from ambiguity: The real role of Nuclear Posture Reviews in US nuclear strategy
Opinion: The US’s (mostly not) new nuclear policy
Talbot Fisher: Americans prepare for nuclear war possibility
Nuclear weapons testing on US soil is as pointless as it is dangerous
International
US seeks European commitment to “improve” Iran nuclear deal
European diplomats aim to curb Iran actions, save nuclear deal
Israel, Iran clash over nuclear threat at Munich conference
Obama adviser: Undermining Iran nuclear deal could put US on path to war
The nuclear agreement is ‘the worst deal ever’ — for Iran
Is China really threatening the US with nuclear weapons?
China reiterates non-first-use principle of nuclear weapons at Munich conference
US-Russia tension flares over nuclear arms control now at risk
How Israel and Pakistan can avoid a nuclear showdown
How a plot to kill Kim Il Sung ended in mutiny and murder
India’s nuclear programme and non-proliferation regime
General Interest
The grand picture of verifying nuclear disarmament: What needs to be done?
Nuclear excitation by electron capture seen at long last
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