Rosatom

September 25, 2025 | |

Iran Rebuilding Missile Sites Targeted by Israel During Extensive Air Strikes

Missile Sites Under Reconstruction: Iran has reportedly begun to rebuild key missile production sites targeted by Israel during the June conflict that saw extensive Israeli and...

June 13, 2025 | Andrea Stricker, Anthony Ruggiero

Nuclear Cooperation Among the ‘Axis of Aggressors’: An Emerging Threat

May 16, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Examining the Threats to America’s Critical Minerals Supply Chain

May 14, 2025 | Max Meizlish, John Hardie

Trump’s Russia Sanctions Toolkit

Options to Increase Leverage to End Putin’s War Against Ukraine

March 17, 2025 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

U.S. Should Impose Sanctions on Iran’s Nascent Lithium Industry

Iran and Russia said they will cooperateon searching for lithium resources in Iran and developing an indigenous Iranian lithium extraction and processing industry. The March 11 announcement could revive...

February 24, 2025 | Max Meizlish, Alexander St. Leger

Risking Sanctions, South Africa Welcomes Nuclear Cooperation with Russia and Iran

South Africa is on a collision course with President Donald Trump. On February 17, Pretoria’s minister of mineral and petroleum resources, Gwede Mantashe, signaled his government’s openness to nuclear...

February 10, 2025 | Sophia Epley, Sinan Ciddi, Andrea Stricker

Nuclear Power Plant Project Highlights Turkish Role in Russia’s Sanctions Evasion

The United States dealt Russian efforts to evade international sanctions a significant blow by ordering the American bank J.P. Morgan to freeze $2 billion of Russian funds destined for Turkey. The move...

January 22, 2025 | Andrea Stricker |

Russia Touts Illicit Nuclear Work in Iran

Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted about Russian civil nuclear work in Iran that runs afoul of U.S. law, but which the Biden administration failed to penalize, at a press conference in Moscow on...

January 15, 2025 | Anthony Ruggiero, Andrea Stricker

New U.S. Sanctions on Leadership of Russian Nuclear Corporation Are Positive — But Should Be Just a Start

The State Department sanctioned senior officials of Rosatom, Russia’s state-run nuclear corporation, on Friday, including its CEO, Alexei Likhachev. These sanctions are long overdue and reflect the Biden...

December 11, 2024 | Svante Cornell, Dr. Brenda Shaffer

Europe’s Nuclear Energy and Central Asian Uranium

The drive toward electrification coupled with the political decision to reduce fossil fuel consumption is creating a situation where, by necessity, there is renewed interest in  nuclear energy. In...

October 3, 2024 | Anthony Ruggiero, Andrea Stricker

U.S. Investigates Russian-Chinese Nuclear Cooperation

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) confirmed to Reuters last month that it is investigating whether China is helping Russia circumvent a ban on U.S. imports of Russian enriched uranium. Beijing’s...

September 25, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Iran on the March: Restoring Deterrence and Stability in the Middle East

A Response By Richard Goldberg

July 10, 2024 | Sinan Ciddi, Andrea Stricker

U.S. Considers Nuclear Cooperation With Turkey as Congress Tees Up Sanctions

The United States and Turkey are reportedly in talks for American companies to build nuclear reactors in Turkey — an effort Washington claims will help Ankara shift away from Russian nuclear supply....

April 12, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

­IAEA Condemns Drone Strikes on Russian-Occupied Ukrainian Nuclear Plant

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi on April 11 condemned three recent drone strikes on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), although it remains unclear...

March 12, 2024 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Going Nuclear on Rosatom

Ending Global Dependence on Putin's Nuclear Energy Sector

February 18, 2024 | Andrea Stricker |

Ending Dependence on Russia’s Nuclear Sector

An American ban on business with Rosatom would send domestic and foreign nuclear suppliers a strong market signal.

December 21, 2023 | Dalibor Rohac, Ivana Stradner

Viktor Orbán Is No Friend of America

Since his arrival in power in 2010, he has been openly laying the groundwork for the end of the American-led unipolar world.

December 6, 2023 | Andrea Stricker, Anthony Ruggiero

Radioactive: Executives from Russia’s Rosatom Corporation May Qualify for U.S. Sanctions

April 18, 2023 | Andrea Stricker, Anthony Ruggiero

G7 Members Announce Plan to Reduce Nuclear Fuel Dependence on Russia

The United States, United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Japan announced a new initiative on Sunday to replace Russian nuclear fuels and further reduce “reliance on Russia in the nuclear fuel supply chain...

April 11, 2023 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Peter Doran

Russia’s War Demands a Long-Term Economic Response

Sanctions must be designed and enhanced to impose true consequences on Moscow for its reckless and destructive choices.