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The Atomic Rulebook: Iran and IAEA Safeguard Violations

By Page | Published: November 22, 2009
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 “the dread secret and the fearful engines of atomic might…”. Thus, in 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA [...]
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‘They have no idea what a nuclear bomb is.’ – Americans’ Changing Perception of Nuclear Weapons

By Page | Published: November 15, 2009
Originally published here. Several weeks ago, the Albuquerque Journal published a very short but very important article. It was buried in the usual pile of stories about local crime, sports, and politicians; if it wasn’t for the large photo that accompanied the hard copy version of the article, it probably would have gone largely unnoticed. [...]
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The Fruits of Diplomacy

By Page | Published: October 4, 2009
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 [...]
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