Iran Briefly Closed Nuclear Facilities to IAEA Inspectors
The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog said on April 15 that Iran briefly closed its nuclear facilities to inspectors the day before amid security concerns about possible Israeli...
Nuclear weapon
Exploiting America’s Declining Pressure: Iran’s Nuclear Escalation Over Time
...
Visuals
China’s Nuclear Arsenal Could Grow to 1,500 Weapons by 2035
China’s nuclear weapon stockpile may grow to 1,500 nuclear warheads by 2035, according to a new estimate by a U.S. scientific group. The finding increases the urgency to address U.S. preparedness to...
Policy Briefs
The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward
Memos
Top General Suggests Administration Would Tolerate Iran Having Nuclear Weapons
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark A. Milley, said at a congressional hearing on Thursday that the United States “remains committed, as a matter of policy, that Iran will not have...
Policy Briefs
Ending Global Reliance on Russia’s Nuclear Energy Sector
Memos
FDD’s Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: The Year in Review
Memos
New Iran Deal Would be Shorter, Weaker Version of 2015 Deal
The new nuclear deal currently under negotiation with Iran would not revive the original 2015 agreement. Instead, this shorter, weaker version would reduce the time Iran needs to produce enough fissile...
Flash Briefs
Another Iran Deal? Looking Back and Looking Ahead
Memos
What is the Future of Cyber Deterrence?
Excerpt Scholars and practitioners alike have debated the feasibility of applying deterrence models to cyberspace. Advocates of “cyber persistence theory,” for instance, posit that deterrence strategies...
Op-eds
How To Prepare: North Korea Could Soon Test An ICBM Or Nuclear Weapon
On March 10, 2022, the U.S. released a South Korea and Japan coordinated assessment of the last two North Korean missiles launches in February and March revealing that these were tests of components...
Op-eds
Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine May Supercharge Nuclear Proliferation
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine violates the commitments Moscow reaffirmed in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, in which Russia pledged not to threaten or use...
Policy Briefs
Iran Won’t Stop Until It Has a Nuclear Weapon
Khamenei and his regime haven’t gone to all this trouble merely to become a ‘threshold state.’
Op-eds
International Atomic Energy Agency
Suspending U.S.-ROK Military Exercises Will Not Facilitate Peace Negotiations
Seoul may have its hopes up, but history shows Pyongyang will not change course if military exercises are altered.
Op-eds
Arms Control and Nonproliferation
“Endless Wars” and the Danger of Ignoring History
Politics vs. Protocol: Iran’s Nuclear Archive and the IAEA’s Responsibilities
Monographs
Shock Wave Generator for Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Program
More than a Feasibility Study.
Monographs
Summary of Report: The Fordow Enrichment Plant, aka Al Ghadir
Iran’s Nuclear Archive reveals Fordow was built originally to make weapon- grade uranium for 1-2 nuclear weapons per year