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Tag Archives: Nuclear Proliferation

Diplomacy finally front and center again with extension of U.S.-Russia New START Treaty

Excerpt: Read founding NPI boardmember Gael Tarleton's analysis of the United States' extension of the New START Treaty with the Russian Federation.
Written by:Gael Tarleton
Categories:Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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Book Review: Fallout: Conspiracy, Cover-Up and the Deceitful Case for the Atom Bomb

Excerpt: Read NPI's review of Peter Watson's Fallout, which argues that "the atomic bomb was the unnecessary product of mistrust and deceit between World War II allies".
Written by:David A Johnson
Categories:Media & Culture, Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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Mitch “Filibuster” McConnell furious after Senate Democrats thwart vote on Iran

Excerpt: The shoe is on the oth­er foot now, and it hurts: Repub­li­can efforts to stop the nuclear deal with Iran end­ed in fail­ure Thurs­day, thwart­ed by unflinch­ing Demo­c­ra­t­ic sup­port for Pres­i­dent Oba­ma’s land­mark accord and famil­iar GOP infighting. With no clear strat­e­gy remain­ing to pre­vent the inter­na­tion­al­ly backed deal, Repub­li­can lead­ers in Con­gress were left […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:National Defense, Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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JCPOA with Iran will increase global security: An open letter to uncommitted Democrats

Excerpt: Text of NPI's open letter to Democratic members of Congress from the Pacific Northwest who have not yet committed to support to Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran.
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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Patty Murray announces support for Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran

Excerpt: Wash­ing­ton’s senior U.S. sen­a­tor and the fourth-rank­ing Demo­c­rat in the Unit­ed States Sen­ate, Pat­ty Mur­ray, has just released a lengthy state­ment pledg­ing to sup­port Pres­i­dent Barack Oba­ma by vot­ing against a res­o­lu­tion of dis­ap­proval con­cern­ing the  Joint Com­pre­hen­sive Plan of Action with Iran. The first para­graphs of the state­ment are as follows: There are no more […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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NN15 Panel: People Power: Energy, Electricity, & Climate Justice

Excerpt: Dirty fos­sil fuel util­i­ties are oppos­ing pro­gres­sive change, rais­ing rates and killing the plan­et, but peo­ple across the coun­try, led by youth and First Nations activism, are tak­ing back pow­er. Cli­mate hawks and eco­nom­ic jus­tice activists are work­ing togeth­er to make our pow­er grid and pol­i­tics clean­er, and fight­ing for more afford­able and equi­table ener­gy […]
Written by:Rennie Sawade
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Deal reached with Iran to limit its nuclear program; President Obama to speak shortly

Excerpt: Break­ing, his­toric news tonight. From the New York Times: The for­eign pol­i­cy chief of the Euro­pean Union and Iran­ian offi­cials announced a land­mark accord Sun­day morn­ing that would tem­porar­i­ly freeze Tehran’s nuclear pro­gram and lay the foun­da­tion for a more sweep­ing accord. After marathon talks that final­ly end­ed ear­ly Sun­day morn­ing, the Unit­ed States and […]
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Breaking News, Policy Topics, World Commmunity
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