Middle East

Iran Nuclear Negotiations

Congress Needs to Step Up and Support Iran Nuclear Negotiations

Find out what’s in play and at stake if an eleventh hour comprehensive nuclear agreement isn’t reached next week.

Jon Wolfsthal at The Wilson Center

Jon Wolfsthal on Iran Nuclear Negotiations and Timelines

CNS Deputy discusses ongoing Iran nuclear negotiations, timelines, and possible pitfalls if and when an agreement is reached.

Jon Wolfsthal

Iran’s Nuclear Program: Negotiating Solutions

Some of Iran’s past nuclear activities have to be disclosed, but maybe not all.

Middle East Next Generation Network Website Launched

CNS launches new website to promote nonproliferation expertise and engagement in the Middle East.

iran nuclear agreement

The Iran Nuclear Agreement

Seminar on the Iran Nuclear Joint Plan of Action featuring CNS experts.

Iran Naysayers Should Not Win the Day

US and Iran have just begun peace talks. Given time and a chance, who knows what might happen?

Iraq Special Collection

All CNS nonproliferation content related to Iraq.

3D Model of Syria’s Hakasa Spinning Company

Numerous experts analyze satellite images of a complex in northwest Syria after IAEA inspectors raise concern.

CNS article

OP#13: Trafficking Networks for Chemical Weapons Precursors: Lessons from the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s

Occasional Paper #13: New information on the illicit sale of chemical-weapons materials to Iran and Iraq during the 1980s sheds light on how international trafficking networks operate and suggests some practical steps for countering them.

Al-Qaida

August 17, 2008 Name: Al-Qaida, Al-Qa’idah, al Qaeda, or “the Base” Type: religious (fundamentalist) Ideology: Militant Islamist. The group seeks to overthrow Western-influenced governments and to replace them with Islamic regimes under the rule of Shariah, or Islamic law. Al-Qaida, under the leadership of Usama bin Laden, has declared holy war on the United States […]