Read more nuclear proliferation stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/51/nuclear-proliferation.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:38:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74389/obama-we-will-sanction-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama offered his toughest talk yet on nuclear issues today in a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. Obama blasted Iran for turning down a deal to turn their nuclear stockpiles into fuel rods, “for internal political reasons, or perhaps because they are stuck in some...http://www.newser.com/story/74389/obama-we-will-sanction-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 7:12:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72822/ahmadinejad-backs-nuke-deal-in-some-form.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran will not give up its nuclear program but is ready to cooperate with the West, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech today. It's Western powers that have moved, he said in a speech on state television, “from confrontation to interaction” with Iran on the nuclear issue so that “ground...http://www.newser.com/story/72822/ahmadinejad-backs-nuke-deal-in-some-form.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 6:36:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72122/obama-had-hand-in-secret-talks-with-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama personally stepped in multiple times during the secret multinational talks with Iran that led up to the negotiations that began yesterday in Vienna, White House sources tell Time . When Iran put the word out that it needed enriched uranium plates for its aging research reactor, the Obama administration...http://www.newser.com/story/72122/obama-had-hand-in-secret-talks-with-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 10:22:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71053/iran-not-nearly-as-crazy-as-neocons-claim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIran has no nuclear bomb, but already the old Bush-Cheney chorus has returned to insist it's time for another war in the Middle East. It's true that sanctions may not stop Iran from ramping up its nuclear program, but that doesn't mean that deterrence and diplomacy can't help, writes Boston...http://www.newser.com/story/71053/iran-not-nearly-as-crazy-as-neocons-claim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 9:00:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71004/north-korea-weighs-return-to-nuke-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China's premier today that the North was prepared to return to multi-nation disarmament talks depending on progress in its two-way negotiations with the US. Kim's comments were the clearest sign yet that Pyongyang was readying to resume the six-nation talks it withdrew from...http://www.newser.com/story/71004/north-korea-weighs-return-to-nuke-talks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 19:14:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70544/obama-to-tighten-bushs-iran-sanctions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration’s plan to sanction Iran looks a lot like that of his predecessor. Officials say that if nuclear talks with Iran fail, they will likely tighten enforcement of Bush sanctions rather than impose new ones, the Washington Post reports. Obama has even retained the top architect of Bush’s...http://www.newser.com/story/70544/obama-to-tighten-bushs-iran-sanctions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 9:07:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70216/obama-led-security-council-oks-nuke-resolution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UN Security Council today adopted a US-drafted resolution that outlines much of President Obama’s plan to rid the world of nuclear weapons. The president’s attendance at the meeting of heads of state—just the fifth in UN history—underscores the centrality of the issue for his administration. Though the...http://www.newser.com/story/70216/obama-led-security-council-oks-nuke-resolution.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 11:48:51 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70186/obama-scores-on-nuclear-proliferation-at-un.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama scored two significant victories at the UN yesterday, cajoling Dmitry Medvedev into saying he would get behind tougher nuclear sanctions against Iran, and convincing both Russia and China to support a resolution strengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Publicly the administration wouldn’t acknowledge any quid-pro-quo, but several official tell...http://www.newser.com/story/70186/obama-scores-on-nuclear-proliferation-at-un.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 24 Sep 2009 9:11:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63464/paranoid-russia-poses-big-test-for-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe last time Barack Obama went to Russia, he and another senator were detained by border guards for hours—and his upcoming trip won't be much fun either, say the editors of the Economist . Russia's economy is beholden to unstable oil and gas prices, the country's mortality rate is spiking,...http://www.newser.com/story/63464/paranoid-russia-poses-big-test-for-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Jul 2009 12:31:02 CDT