Wilbert van der Zeijden. Open Security, 07 May 2012.
http://defensealt.org/Jcdn7A
Excerpt:
Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany have acknowledged publicly that they would like to see the US nuclear weapons all three are hosting removed from their territories. Yet the debate in NATO on this issue lacks transparency and accountability.
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Sergey Markedonov. The National Interest, 4 May 2012.
http://defensealt.org/J9a1FN
Excerpt:
The Iranian problem stands out on the international agenda. But it is much broader and more diverse than Iran’s desire to acquire a nuclear bomb. Iran is accused of being a source of both regional instability and far-reaching geopolitical ambitions. Although today’s Iran demonstrates a desire to play in the international geopolitical game, it remains primarily a regional power with a significant presence in the Middle East, Central Asia and the South Caucasus.
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Stephen M. Walt. Foreign Policy, 18 April 2012.
http://defensealt.org/Ifat2Q
Excerpt:
There’s an overwhelming case for removing these archaic and unnecessary weapons from the European continent. Ideally, we would do this as part of a bilateral deal with Russia, but we ought to do it even if Russia isn’t interested.
Editor’s Comment:
Couldn’t agree more!
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Mark Mazzetti and Thom Shanker. New York Times, 19 March 2012.
http://defensealt.org/GJt7O3
Excerpt:
A classified war simulation held this month to assess the repercussions of an Israeli attack on Iran forecasts that the strike would lead to a wider regional war, which could draw in the United States and leave hundreds of Americans dead, according to American officials.
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Paul Pillar. Washington Monthly, March/April 2012.
http://defensealt.org/GJ3P5j
Excerpt:
Fears of a bomb in Tehran’s hands are overhyped, and a war to prevent it would be a disaster.
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Jim Lobe. AntiWar.com, 25 February 2012.
http://defensealt.org/yRw693
Excerpt:
Despite the IAEA’s apparent lack of progress, Iran’s acceptance last week of a long-standing request from EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on behalf of the P5+1 to resume negotiations, stalled for over a year, makes it likely that a new round of talks will take place in late March or April, probably in Istanbul…Anticipation of those talks, as well as the rapid escalation of tensions over the last two months, particularly between Israel and Iran, has provoked a flurry of proposals to revive the dormant diplomatic track, if only to calm a situation threatening to spin out of control.
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