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Iran: Willing to Deal

by Richard Javad Heydarian | Feb 20, 2012

Determined to lift the economic siege and avoid a potential conflict, Iran has shown an increasing interest in reviving talks. Not only has Iran welcomed successive rounds of IAEA visit to its nuclear facilities, but it has also shown interest in engaging in substantive talks, with Turkey and Russia acting as primary interlocutors. It is high time for the West to rethink the sanctions track and craft a real strategy by finally giving true diplomacy a chance. This might be our last opportunity to avoid tragedy.

Low Tax Rates for the Rich Harm Not Only the Economy, But Defense

by Russ Wellen | Feb 16, 2012

When the corporate rich don’t pay their fair share of taxes, it leaves us more vulnerable to attack.

Nuclear Pit Boondoggle at Los Alamos Temporarily Scuttled

by Russ Wellen | Feb 14, 2012

The postponement of the new plutonium facility at Los Alamos deals a blow to both the U.S. nuclear-weapons program and boondoggles in general.

Rolling Out the Red Carpet for the Second Coming With Nuclear War

by Russ Wellen | Feb 11, 2012

To some evangelicals and fundamentalists, a nuclear holocaust may be God’s will.

Lady Gaga Unwittingly Serves the Cause of Arms Control

by Russ Wellen | Feb 10, 2012

Rep. Edward Markey is calling for deep cuts to the entire nuclear-weapons triad: missiles, aircraft, and submarines.

Using Pro-Life to Sell Nuclear Disarmament

by Russ Wellen | Feb 8, 2012

Is the cause of disarmament helped if the pro-life movement hitches its wagon to it?

The Not-So-Great Game

by John Feffer | Feb 7, 2012

The current Great Game centers on Iran and the efforts particularly of the United States and Israel to prevent the country from going nuclear. The 19th-century battle over turf and influence in Central Asia lasted decades and sent armies slogging their way across high mountains and unforgiving plains. The current standoff, by contrast, could escalate in a matter of hours, if Israel launches a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and Iran retaliates directly or through proxies.

Dear Secretary Panetta: U.S. Taxpayers Have Better Things to Do With Their Money Than Fund Nukes in Europe

by Russ Wellen | Feb 3, 2012

The Project for Government Oversight appeals to Secretary of Defense Panetta to cease deploying U.S. nuclear weapons to Europe.

Is Libya a “False Analogy” (in Hillary Clinton’s Words) to Syria?

by Paul Mutter | Feb 2, 2012

The United States, Europe, and Saudi Arabia seek regime change in Syria, but Russia does not want to see another country wrested from its orbit.

Pit of Pits: Los Alamos Proposed Plutonium Facility

by Russ Wellen | Jan 30, 2012

The United States nuclear-weapons program, stockpiled with nuclear-warheads, need not concern itself with manufacturing them for a generation, if ever.