China, like all nuclear weapon states, bears a responsibility to provide leadership in nuclear security issues. But China's strategy for securing its nuclear weapons -- and the complex of facilities where fissile material for weapons is fabricated and stored -- has so far remained largely opaque.

As talks between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany (P5+1) move to Baghdad, leaders and analysts alike are wondering whether diplomacy will be any more successful now than during previous negotiations involving the Obama administration. To answer that question, it is important to understand why the previous talks failed and what is -- or might be -- different now.

With his decision today to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal, US President Donald Trump has put the long-term future of the deal in doubt, at the very least.

After repeated delays, the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review--just the third such effort since the end of the Cold War--is finished. This document has been by far the most anticipated of its kind. Judging by occasional reports, it has been extensively coordinated and worked over--the hallmarks of a high-priority policy document.

Sometimes a good idea comes from a very surprising source.

Einstein said that the atomic age called for a new way of thinking, one that focused on cooperation rather than competition. Why has progress been so slow?

Wrongheaded, fixed ideas have been plaguing the Iran negotiations

The ebb and flow of money is an early indicator of any questionable nuclear activity

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The United States has already learned three important lessons from its failed pandemic response that should inform its nuclear strategy, so it doesn’t repeat similar mistakes in the future: investing in prevention is key; experts matter; and America needs to adjust to a new communications environment.

Should we drop the NPT treaty entirely, in favor of the Ban Treaty? One seeks to stop the further spread of nuclear weapons, while the other goes further and seeks to get rid of them entirely.

The Star Wars series contains space battles, light-saber duels, wisecracking scoundrels, Jedi knights, and stirring music. The latest installment, Rogue One, adds another item: what are essentially nuclear weapons.

For the Iran nuclear deal to succeed, negotiators must address the billions of dollars’ worth of civil judgements to US victims of Iranian terrorism. If not, Iran may question whether it will ever receive meaningful economic gains in return for limiting or reversing its nuclear ambitions. If the United States proposes that Iran pay a percentage of the proceeds from expanded energy royalties over an extended period, reluctant investors might be reassured about doing business with Iran. In such a case, Iran’s economy could grow, its terrorism victims would gain partial closure, and its nuclear ambitions would be limited or reversed.

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