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	<title>The Plutonium Café &#187; Proliferation</title>
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		<title>We Were All Equal In The End</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2011/03/we-were-all-equal-in-the-end/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cold War History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Terrorism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[And as the windshield melts My tears evaporate Leaving only charcoal to defend. Finally I understand the feelings of the few. Ashes and diamonds Foe and friend We were all equal in the end. &#8211; Pink Floyd, &#8220;Two Suns In The Sunset&#8221; Years ago, I swore that I&#8217;d never begin a blog post or an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference: An Interview with Ambassador Eric Danon</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2010/05/the-nuclear-non-proliferation-treaty-review-conference-an-interview-with-ambassador-eric-danon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2010/05/the-nuclear-non-proliferation-treaty-review-conference-an-interview-with-ambassador-eric-danon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 May 2010 18:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Danon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPT Review Conference]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plutoniumcafe.org/?p=617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Also published here. Forty years ago, one of the most important treaties in recent history went into effect: the The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, or the NPT. This treaty has been ratified by 190 countries, with the main objective being to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear weapon-related technology, while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear Security Summit Wrap Up</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2010/04/nuclear-security-summit-wrap-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2010/04/nuclear-security-summit-wrap-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 02:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Security Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Administration]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plutoniumcafe.org/?p=586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Also published here. For the past eight years or so, the Nuclear Threat Initiative has commissioned a series of reports called &#8220;Securing The Bomb&#8220;. The lead author of these reports is Harvard professor Matthew Bunn, who is an expert in nuclear security and proliferation. The reports deal with the ongoing problem of poorly secured weapons-grade [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recap: President Obama&#8217;s Nuclear Week</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2010/04/recap-president-obamas-nuclear-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2010/04/recap-president-obamas-nuclear-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[New START]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Security Summit]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plutoniumcafe.org/?p=583</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Also published here. Back on March 31, Marc Ambinder over at The Atlantic posted something that made me smile: Next week kicks off nuclear madness month at the White House &#8212; or, as one senior administration official resignedly describes it, &#8220;all nukes, all the time.&#8221; If you&#8217;re a nuke/national security blogger or journalist, last week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shades of Grey: &quot;Grading&quot; the Obama Administration on Biological Threats</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2010/01/shades-of-grey-grading-the-obama-administration-on-biological-threats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2010/01/shades-of-grey-grading-the-obama-administration-on-biological-threats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Biological Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biological Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biological Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bioterrorism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published here. There&#8217;s a saying in journalism: &#8220;If it bleeds, it leads.&#8221; The saying traditionally applies to crime reporting, but can be expanded to describe how the traditional media and many blogs approach any story they perceive as &#8220;dramatic&#8221;, or better yet, &#8220;dangerous&#8221;. Last week&#8217;s national security headlines were a classic example of drama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Atomic Rulebook: Iran and IAEA Safeguard Violations</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/11/01610235/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/11/01610235/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fordow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAEA report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear facilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear non-proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plutoniumcafe.org/?p=257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally published here. A Page From History, And The Atomic Rulebook On December 8, 1953, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed that there should be an international, independent, nuclear watchdog agency, an organization to monitor &#8220;the dread secret and the fearful engines of atomic might&#8230;&#8221;. Thus, in 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond The Headlines: What&#8217;s Really Going On With That &#8220;Iran Nuclear Deal&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/10/beyond-the-headlines-whats-really-going-on-with-that-iran-nuclear-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/10/beyond-the-headlines-whats-really-going-on-with-that-iran-nuclear-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-enriched uranium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tehran Research Reactor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[uranium]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plutoniumcafe.org/?p=316</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally published here. It has been a very interesting and tense month-and-a-half for arms control and nuclear non-proliferation advocates, both those associated with a variety of Western governments as well as those in non-governmental organizations and think tanks. Against the backdrop of the September 25 revelation of a covert uranium enrichment facility in Iran, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fruits of Diplomacy</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/10/the-fruits-of-diplomacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/10/the-fruits-of-diplomacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geneva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-enriched uranium]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[P5+1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qom]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plutoniumcafe.org/?p=280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Previously published here. The past few weeks have seen some pretty interesting developments in a realm not many people usually think too much about, but one that affects all of us: nuclear weapons, and the control of their proliferation. Specifically, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) learned that Iran had been building a covert uranium [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions, Treaties, and Safeguards: Iran&#8217;s Covert Nuclear Facility At Qom</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/09/questions-treaties-and-safeguards-irans-covert-nuclear-facility-at-qom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/09/questions-treaties-and-safeguards-irans-covert-nuclear-facility-at-qom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centrifuges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IAEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Atomic Energy Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear facility]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plutoniumcafe.org/?p=311</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally published here. Last week, amidst a flurry of nuclear non-proliferation-related meetings at the UN, the United States, Great Britain, and France made the announcement that for several years, Iran has been building a covert uranium enrichment facility near Qom. Their statement was actually preceded by an announcement from the world&#8217;s nuclear watchdog, the International [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Introduction To Iran&#8217;s Nuclear Program</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/08/an-introduction-to-irans-nuclear-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/08/an-introduction-to-irans-nuclear-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 03:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Albright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Esfahan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ISIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jacqueline Shire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natanz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Intelligence Estimate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear fuel cycle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plutoniumcafe.org/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally published here. When President Barack Obama took office, and kept Robert Gates on as Secretary of Defense, he made it clear that the Pentagon&#8217;s policy on Iran would be less hawkish than the previous administration. Indeed, a recent Department of Defense press release laid out this &#8220;tough diplomacy&#8221; in a few terse words: The [...]]]></description>
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