Nuclear disarmament

June 16, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Dilution Is Not the Solution: Disposing of Iran’s Enriched Uranium Stockpile

The critical question of how to handle Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile will be addressed in a long-term peace agreement between the United States and Iran, to be negotiated over the 60 days following...

May 29, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

6 Essential Requirements for a Good Iran Nuclear Deal

A new U.S.-Iran nuclear deal may soon emerge — or at least an initial memorandum of understanding (MOU) to be fleshed out over 60 days. President Donald Trump pledged on May 27 that the United States...

May 15, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Can the NPT Survive Amid Global Disorder? 

The 2026 NPT Review Conference is unfolding against a backdrop of geopolitical upheaval. Absent strong U.S. leadership inside and outside the conference, even modest success appears remote.

April 15, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Trump Rebukes U.S. Proposal for 20-Year Moratorium on Iran’s Uranium Enrichment

“I’ve been saying they can’t have nuclear weapons … so I don’t like the 20 years,” President Donald Trump told the New York Post on April 14. The president was responding to reports that...

April 10, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Trump must secure Iran’s irreversible nuclear dismantlement or resume strikes

The United States and Israel have delivered a near-devastating blow to the Iranian regime. In a sustained campaign of precision strikes, they have crippled Iran’s top military and political leadership,...

March 31, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

How to Crush Iran’s Nuclear Threat for Good

Following US and Israeli strikes since June 2025, Iran’s enriched uranium is one of the last viable components of its nuclear program.

April 25, 2025 | |

‘Our Friends in China’: Russia, Iran, and China Jointly Meet With IAEA Ahead of Negotiations With United States

Meeting on Iranian Nuclear Program: Chinese, Russian, and Iranian officials met on April 24 with Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),...

April 19, 2025 | |

U.S. and Iran Hold Second Round of Nuclear Talks in Rome

Second Round Held: A second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran over the future of Tehran’s nuclear program took place in Rome on April 19. A four-hour long...

April 15, 2025 | |

Questions Loom Over U.S. Concessions to Iran in Nuclear Negotiations

Witkoff Appears to Walk Back Concessions: The lead U.S. representative in ongoing nuclear talks with Iran appeared to walk back earlier statements signaling that the Trump administration...

April 12, 2025 | |

‘This is Just a Beginning’: United States and Iran Begin Nuclear Talks in Oman

Discussions Begin: Indirect talks between the United States and Iran over the future of the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program began on April 12 in Oman. The Iranian delegation,...

March 31, 2025 | |

‘There Will Be a Bombing’: Trump Threatens to Attack Iran if No Nuclear Deal Reached

Trump Threatens Tehran: U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran and impose secondary tariffs on the country if it does not enter into negotiations over its nuclear...

March 20, 2025 | |

Trump Reportedly Gives Iran Two-Month Deadline to Negotiate Nuclear Deal

Letter Seeks Direct Negotiations With Iran: President Donald Trump reportedly gave Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei two months to reach a nuclear deal with the United...

March 14, 2025 | Orde Kittrie, Andrea Stricker, Behnam Ben Taleblu

Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament

The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security

May 8, 2023 | David Maxwell |

Sometimes less is more: The most important 26 words of ROK-US summit

By all measures the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States (ROK-U.S.) summit and state visit by President Yoon Suk Yeol was a resounding success. It celebrated the 70-year blood friendship kindled...

March 13, 2022 | Anthony Ruggiero, Michael Rubin

North Korea Shows How the Iranian Nuclear Deal Will Fail

Nuclear negotiations with North Korea have shown us that limited nuclear deals allow the proliferator the time and space to develop nuclear weapons.

April 12, 2021 | David Maxwell |

Anticipating the Biden Administration’s New North Korea Policy

The heart of the administration’s new Korea policy will likely focus on implementing the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to achieve North Korea’s verifiable nuclear dismantlement.

August 23, 2018 | David Maxwell |

Slow and Unsteady Progress with North Korea Helps Kim Jong Un

Progress in nuclear dismantlement following the April Panmunjom Declaration and the Jun...

March 11, 2018 | Mathew Ha

President Trump Accepts Kim Jong Un’s Invitation for U.S.-North Korea Summit

On Thursday, President Donald Trump...

September 30, 2013 | |

Iran, the U.N.’s New Authority On Nuclear Disarmament

With Iran pushing toward nuclear breakout ability at home, while peddling what some have dubbed “charm” abroad, there were plenty of odd moments as Iran’s President Hassan Rouha...

April 12, 2007 | |

Paying Nuclear Tribute to North Korea

When does President Bush wake up and smell the debacle cooking at his own State Department under the name of a “denuclearization” deal with North Korea? Thanks to U.S. backflips linke...