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Former secretaries of state John Kerry and Colin Powell

Convention takeaway: Democrats (and some Republicans) call for a return to multilateralism

By Halley Posner | Opinion, Voices of Tomorrow

UN Security Council virtual meeting

The strategic consequences of ending the arms embargo on Iran

By Farhad Rezaei | Nuclear Risk

Natanz centrifuge assembly building

Explosion at Natanz: Why sabotaging Iran’s nuclear program could backfire

By Mahsa Rouhi | Nuclear Risk

Mike Pompeo meets with Heiko Mass, the German foreign minister

Why Europe needs to push back to save the Iran nuclear deal

By Azadeh Zamirirad, Oliver Meier, Sascha Lohmann | Nuclear Risk

Emmanuel Macron with Donald Trump at the G7 summit in August 2019

Avoiding the clash over the Iran arms embargo: How Europe can square the circle

By Ellie Geranmayeh | Nuclear Risk

Rafael Mariano Grossi

Coronavirus and the IAEA reports: From maximum pressure to humanitarian détente with Iran

By Robert J. Goldston | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

IAEA nuclear safeguards inspectors with remote surveillance equipment

Round-the-clock surveillance of Iran’s uranium-enrichment sites continues, despite coronavirus

By Tariq Rauf | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Kazem Gharib Abadi at IAEA meeting

One potential victim of coronavirus? Nuclear inspections in Iran

By George M. Moore | Nuclear Risk

Libya centrifuges

Interview: “Delaying Doomsday” author explains how to stop nuclear proliferation

By John Krzyzaniak | Interviews, Nuclear Risk

Nuclear launch console.

Hot-button campaign issue: 2020 Democrats disagree on nuclear launch authority

By John Krzyzaniak | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

UN Security Council meeting

The US has a backup plan to kill the Iran nuclear deal. It could spark a crisis at the UN.

By Julia Masterson, Samuel M. Hickey | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Mohammad Javad Zarif, in 2019

Iran’s impending exit from the NPT: A new nuclear crisis

By Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Nader Entessar | Nuclear Risk, Opinion