Middle East/Africa

WMDFZ in the Middle East: What Now?

CNS will host a panel event during the NPT Review Conference to explore ways toward a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction.

ecretary Kerry Meets With Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif in Paris to Continue Nuclear Program

The Science behind the Iranian Nuclear Deal

If a final Iran nuclear deal adheres to key parameters for Iran’s uranium and plutonium capability, it could herald a new era of international cooperation.

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Russia Becomes the Middle East’s Preferred but Flawed Nuclear Partner

With little notice, Russia is on the verge of becoming the nuclear Wal-Mart of the Middle East.

The construction site near Dinoma in the Negev desert for Israel's then-secret nuclear reactor were taken during the last months of 1960. [ Src: http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb510/ ]

The US Discovery of Israel’s Dimona Complex

Israeli cover stories about the Dimona Complex Reactor dismayed US officials who saw a “clearly apparent lack of candor.”

2015 NPT Monitoring Report

2015 NPT Monitoring Report – Disarmament

Implementation of the conclusions & recommendations adopted at the 2010 NPT Review Conference Disarmament – Actions 1-22

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Decreasing the Risk of Iran’s 5% Enriched Uranium Hexafluoride Stockpile

Using Reprocessed Uranium to denature Iran’s 5% stockpile of UF6

Russian Nonproliferation in the Middle East

Russian Nonproliferation in the Middle East: Motives, Rhetoric, and Action

Dec. 3: Seminar presented by Lily Vaccaro discusses the results of her honors thesis research.

Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria. (Photo: D. Calma/IAEA)

Safeguards and Middle East Issues Signal Contention at the 2014 IAEA General Conference

CNS and VCDNP experts review main issues facing the 2014 IAEA General Conference.

The Future of Civilian Nuclear Cooperation

Congressional testimony highlights future of nuclear energy cooperation and risks of nuclear proliferation

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Israel’s Nuclear Budget

Israel shows a little leg on how much it spends on nuclear weapons – weapons it does not even admit to having.