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	<title>The Plutonium Café &#187; Iran</title>
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		<title>The Atomic Rulebook: Iran and IAEA Safeguard Violations</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/11/01610235/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geneva]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-enriched uranium]]></category>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear non-proliferation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear proliferation]]></category>
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		<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>&#8216;A Very Pragmatic Proposal&#8217; &#8211; The Obama Administration&#8217;s New Approach To Missile Defense</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/09/a-very-pragmatic-proposal-the-obama-administrations-new-approach-to-missile-defense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/09/a-very-pragmatic-proposal-the-obama-administrations-new-approach-to-missile-defense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Missile Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aegis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Cirincione]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama Administration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Gates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published here. Those who say we are scrapping missile defense in Europe are either misinformed or misrepresenting the reality of what we are doing. The security of Europe has been a vital national interest of the United States for my entire career. The circumstances, borders and threats may have changed, but that commitment continues. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran, &#8216;Nuclear Breakout&#8217;, and Hope for the Future: An Interview With Jacqueline Shire</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/08/366/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2009/08/366/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute for Science and International Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jacqueline Shire]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.plutoniumcafe.org/?p=366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally published here. Recently, I had the opportunity to interview Jacqueline Shire, a Senior Analyst at the Institute for Science and International Security, where she researches Iran&#8217;s nuclear program as well as proliferation issues involving other countries. Her background in nuclear weapons issues is extensive: She spent eight years in the State Department&#8217;s Bureau of [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[nuclear fuel cycle]]></category>
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		<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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		<title>&#8216;Less than 33 minutes away, their whole city, their whole life, could be annihilated.&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2008/12/less-than-33-minutes-away-their-whole-city-their-whole-life-could-be-annihilated/</link>
		<comments>http://www.gdmig-plutoniumcafe.org/2008/12/less-than-33-minutes-away-their-whole-city-their-whole-life-could-be-annihilated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 18:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Cold War History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Missile Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Weapons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heritage Foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama Administration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally published here. The image above is from a classic Cold War-era propaganda comic book, &#8220;The H-Bomb And You&#8220;, published in 1954. It&#8217;s all about civil defense, and how patriotic Americans could do their part to defend the homeland. A smartly dressed, avuncular civil defense corps representative answers some schoolkids&#8217; questions, and concludes with: Even [...]]]></description>
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