Iran

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (Photo credit: US Air Force / Lt. Col. Leslie Pratt)

The Abraham Accords effect: more armed drones in the Middle East

By Ali Arfa | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

Mohammad Javad Zarif, in 2019

“Transactional” nuclear diplomacy may provide a path toward “grand bargains” with Iran and North Korea

By Christopher Lawrence | Nuclear Weapons

Anti-aircraft guns guarding Natanz nuclear facility. Credit: Hamed Saber. Image accessed via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Alleged sabotage at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility comes amid talks on reviving the Iran nuclear deal

By Susan D’Agostino | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The A1 Verse: Blackout at Natanz

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Risk, Special Topics

The NATO flag.

How Biden can say goodbye to “America First” on nuclear issues

By Rupal N. Mehta | Nuclear Risk

A clean return to the Iran nuclear deal should be Biden’s first option

By Eric Brewer | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

The funeral procession for Mohsen Fakhrizadeh

Four ways the killing of Iran’s nuclear scientist will undercut US national security

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

The A1 Verse: Wide-angle assassination

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Donald Trump iran

The A1 Verse: Iran is not a verb

By Thomas Gaulkin | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Saudi Arabia’s nuclear program: Separating real concerns from threat inflation

By Ali Ahmad | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

President Donald Trump and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia talk together during ceremonies, Saturday, May 20, 2017, at the Royal Court Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Official White House Photo Shealah Craighead)

Why US-Saudi Arabia relations will continue to be close, even when climate action reduces demand for oil

By Jean-François Seznec | Climate Change

UN Security Council virtual meeting

The strategic consequences of ending the arms embargo on Iran

By Farhad Rezaei | Nuclear Risk