Tag: Nuclear
Pompeo in Pyongyang to seek concrete nuclear commitments
News Desk | Washington's top diplomat engaged in an intense day of negotiations with his North Korean counterpart Saturday as he strove to nail down...
Iran opens enrichment facility at Natanz, 2015 nuclear deal in jeopardy?
News Analysis | Iran has announced on Tuesday that a new enrichment facility has been built in Natanz nuclear site which will enhance its ability...
Iran warns US it would regret quitting nuclear deal
AFP | Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that if the United States quits the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers then Washington...
Seven decades of danger and detente between two Koreas
AFP | North and South Korea will hold their third summit Friday, stirring hopes of peace following years of tensions over the North's nuclear and...
Trump hails Kim for vowing to discontinue Nuclear and ICBM testing
News Analysis | In the first-ever announcement from Pyongyang itself, via state-owned Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), President of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, declared...
Jinnah’s dream of South Asia is only possible when India joins...
Sudheendra Kulkarni | The problem with both India and Pakistan, which is also a major source of the unending hostility between our two countries, is...
Has Kim finally decided to give up nuclear ambitions?
Sufian Qazi | Kim Jong-Un’s recent visit to China, his first official errand since he consolidated power in 2011 after the death of his father,...
Pakistan builds case for full membership of NSG
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | As Pakistan builds a case for full membership of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), the country is endeavoring to improve...
Israel took out Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007: Benjamin Netanyahu
AFP | Israel's military admitted for the first time Wednesday it was responsible for a 2007 air raid against a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor, a...
Pakistan’s nuclear plants are heavily protected: IAEA Chief
News Analysis | The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano praised security arrangements of nuclear plants in Karachi. Mr. Amano...
Putin’s “Invincible” missile and its significance in Pakistan-Russian embryonic cooperation
News Analysis | At the start of this month, just a couple of weeks before running for his fourth presidential term, President Vladimir...
Nawaz challenges judiciary to remove his signature from nuclear program
News Analysis | Disqualified Prime Minister (PM) Nawaz Sharif claimed that next general election will be a referendum against his ousting. Addressing a large gathering...
Will India, Russia and Bangladesh’s new agreement on civil nuclear cooperation...
News Analysis | India signed a tripartite agreement for the first time with Russia and Bangladesh for civil nuclear cooperation on March 1, 2018. Nuclear...
Iran sticking to nuclear deal: UN watchdog
AFP | Iran is still sticking to the 2015 nuclear accord, a UN atomic watchdog report showed Thursday, four months ahead of US President Donald...
US & China fighting over a nuclear football?
AFP | The US Secret Service denied Monday reports that one of its agents and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly wrestled with Chinese...
Using nepotism in the pursuit of ‘Power’
Shiffa Yousafzai | Suo motu action taken by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar and his summon spree in the last few...
How risky is Trump’s Iran policy?
By James M. Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump’s inclination to withdraw from a three-year old international agreement that curbs Iran’s nuclear program is...
US lawmakers aim to tighten terms of Iran nuclear deal
AFP | A bill was introduced in the US House of Representatives on Thursday aimed at tightening the terms of the Iran nuclear deal, despite...
Rocket Man’s New Years nuclear threat
AFP | North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned the United States Monday he has a "nuclear button" on his table but offered an apparent olive...
What kind of military power is India?
Dr Muhammad Ali Ehsan | India is a country with the world’s third largest military by personal strength. It also has the world’s 5th largest defence...
Why the world should take India’s surgical strike hysteria seriously?
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Indian ruling elite has adopted the multi-dimensional strategy to bully Pakistan. Although, its hysterical warmongering rhetoric does not intimidate...
India refuses to sign NPT in order to hang on to...
News Analysis | India has ruled out the possibility of joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as a non-nuclear weapon state but said it remains “committed”...
Iran’s President hits back at Trump: US Allies reject America’s “unilateralism”
GVS Special Report| Iran's President, Hasan Rouhani on Friday lashed at US President Donald Trump, telling the world that "Iran Nuclear Deal" is non-negotiatiable and...
Consequences of abrogating Iran nuclear deal
James M. Dorsey | US President Donald J. Trump’s targeting of a two-year-old agreement curtailing Iran’s ability to produce nuclear weapons could not only spark...
Strategic competition among emerging powers in Indian Ocean
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The Indian Ocean’s geographical location and resources have not only made it attractive for the economic activities and strategic pursuits...
Larry Pressler still obsessed with Pakistan nukes; wants them destroyed by...
News Analysis | Former US Senator, Larry Pressler has urged India and the US to launch strikes on Pakistan's nuclear sites. He also claimed that...
Iran is Trump’s perpetual enemy in the Middle East
News Analysis | US President Donald Trump said that Iran exports violence, chaos, and bloodshed while its government hides a corrupt dictatorship behind the farce...
Will China be able to defeat USA in a direct military...
Jumel G. Estrañero | "Let China sleep, for when she wakes the world will shake." That is according to Napoleon Bonaparte. Right now, we see...
The war of words continues as the future of the Iran...
News Analysis | Top Iranian and US officials exchanged heated words on Sunday over the controversial nuclear deal signed in 2015 in a bid to...
The Iran deal is living dangerously despite sanctions relief
News Analysis | Despite growing concerns and speculations over the future of the Iran nuclear deal, the Trump Administration extended waivers on a set of sanctions...
Kim roars again as Trump looks at military options
News Analysis | North Korea's top man, Kim Jong Un has pledged to continue efforts to achieve the country's nuclear goals which are aimed at...
South Korea should give U.S. troops the boot- Part II
Jacob G. Hornberger | Last April, I wrote an article entitled “South Korea Should Give U.S. Troops the Boot,” in which I argued that if...
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission’s quest for civil nuclear energy
Dr. Zafar Nawaz Jaspal | The nuclear power generation is very efficient, environment-friendly and economical source of energy. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission is intelligently using...
It is “we will do more” vs “we will inflict you...
News Analysis | North Korea and the US are edging towards a dangerous clash. A day after the UNSC slapped Pyongyang with sanctions, both countries...
Iranian-Syrian World Cup qualifier ripples far beyond the pitch
James M. Dorsey | A nail-biting Iranian-Syrian World Cup qualifier has sent political ripples far beyond the Azadi Stadium’s soccer pitch in Tehran. In a boost...
Interventionism and the Korean crisis
Jacob G. Hornberger | If the war ends up breaking out in Korea, President Trump, the Pentagon, and the CIA will be announcing that it was...