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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2015
Iran deal improves prospects for regional peace
Rather than demonizing Iran's leaders, the Western powers should take advantage of the country's status to improve peace prospects in the region.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2015
Iran: Obama's triumph over neoconservative warmongers
By ending Iran's isolation and bringing it back into the international fold, the West can help to rebuild its once powerful secular middle class, dilute the influence of the radical clergy, turn Tehran into an ally to defeat the Islamist jihadists and accelerate negotiations on regional issues.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2015
Iran's preliminary nuclear deal finds Gulf Arabs on edge, weighing own options
Officials of Gulf Arab states traditionally wary of Iran were silent on Friday about an initial deal intended to curb the nuclear program of their regional rival, and state-owned media made only passing mention of the development.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2015
Iran nuclear talks miss deadline; U.S. threatens to walk away
Six world powers and Iran negotiated past a March 31 deadline into the wee hours of Wednesday, struggling to conclude an outline accord on Tehran's nuclear program in the face of a U.S. threat to abandon the talks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 31, 2015
U.S. still 'Great Satan' even in a nuclear deal
Iran is not expected to normalize relations with the United States even if Tehran reaches agreement with world powers on its nuclear program, officials and analysts said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2015
From nuclear safety to nuclear security
Japan's nuclear disaster has spurred reforms in the field of nuclear safety. But when it comes to nuclear security, complacency remains a major problem.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 24, 2015
Iran's 'empire' grows ahead of nuclear deal
With Iran moving closer to a deal with world powers to constrain its nuclear program in return for an end to sanctions, Arab analysts and leaders are focused more on how Tehran is working unfettered to tighten its grip on Arab states, from Iraq to Lebanon, and Syria to Yemen.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2015
Russia threatens to aim nuclear missiles at Denmark ships if it joins NATO shield
Russia threatened to aim nuclear missiles at Danish warships if Denmark joins NATO's missile defense system, in comments Copenhagen called unacceptable and NATO said would not contribute to peace.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 21, 2015
North Korea says it can fire nuclear missile at 'any time'
North Korea has the ability to fire a nuclear weapon and would use a nuclear missile in retaliation if it is attacked, the country's ambassador to Britain told Sky News on Friday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2015
Dangerous nuclear rhetoric
President Vladimir Putin's recent disclosure on a television program that he was ready to put Russia's nuclear forces on alert during the Crimea crisis in 2014 could end up thwarting nuclear disarmament efforts worldwide.
EDITORIALS
Mar 17, 2015
GOP blunders into foreign policy
A letter by 47 U.S. Republican senators to the government of Iran has exposed them as irresponsible amateurs in the practice of foreign policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2015
Netanyahu plays the security card
Israelis really don't need proof that the Iranians are actually working on nuclear weapons. Their anxiety on the issue is so deeply rooted that it resists all the reassurances by Israel's own military and intelligence communities that Iran is not working on such weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2015
Netanyahu's U.S. speech draws mixed response in Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have made an argument that many Israelis support when he warned Congress Tuesday about a potential nuclear deal with Iran, but critics are asking whether it was worth the widening rift with the White House.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2015
Obama says Iran must halt key nuclear work for at least a decade
Iran must commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on sensitive nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but the odds are still against sealing a final agreement, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday.
WORLD
Feb 24, 2015
U.S., Iran positive after nuclear talks but say much left to do
The United States made some progress in talks with Iran on its nuclear program and managed to "sharpen up some of the tough issues," a senior U.S. official said on Monday, but both sides said much remained to be done.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2015
Iran denies report Khamenei replied to Obama letter on Islamic State
Iran has denied a Wall Street Journal report that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei recently responded to a letter sent in October by U.S. President Barack Obama suggesting cooperation with Iran in fighting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2015
Iranian leader Khamenei sent Obama secret letter: report
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has responded to overtures from U.S. President Barack Obama amid nuclear talks by sending him a secret letter, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

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