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Interviews and Podcasts
October 3, 2006
On October 3, 2006, the Wisconsin Project's IranWatch.org web site spoke with Dr. Skip Fischer, a professional staff member on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Dr. Fischer described the measures that now exist in the United States for sanctioning Iran and the prospect of expanding those sanctions internationally with...
Roundtables
September 19, 2006
Most commentary on sanctions holds that because the United States has severed diplomatic and almost all economic ties with Iran, it has no ability to punish Iran unilaterally. However, the United States has never fully enforced its existing arsenal of domestic sanctions vis-a-vis Iran. So, while pursuing Security Council action, could the United...
Articles and Reports
June 13, 2006
In 1974, when India conducted its first nuclear weapon test, no country was more surprised than the United States. The only nuclear explosive material India had on hand was plutonium, and the plutonium had been made in a Canadian-supplied reactor that India was running with sensitive "heavy water" imported from the United States. India had...
Speeches and Testimony
April 26, 2006
The Committee is right to emphasize the strategic nature of the plan. The legislation to implement it goes to the heart of our national security. The bill now before Congress would change our export control laws - laws that have been in effect for almost thirty years, and that were adopted in response to India's nuclear test in 1974. It is worth...
Interviews and Podcasts
March 14, 2006
On March 14, 2006, the Wisconsin Project's IranWatch.org web site spoke with Mr. Uzi Rubin, former head of Israel's "Arrow" missile defense program. Mr. Rubin, who is an aerospace engineer and missile expert, described Iran's latest effort to field a fleet of nuclear capable ballistic missiles. He also evaluated the threat that Iran's missiles...
Speeches and Testimony
March 8, 2006
As the committee knows, the Iranian nuclear dispute has reached a turning point. Iran has rejected efforts by Britain, France and Germany to resolve things diplomatically. It has not accepted Russia's offer to shift Iran's nuclear enrichment work to Russian soil. And it has rejected repeated calls by these four countries, by China, and by the...
Articles and Reports
February 1, 2006
Finally, we are told, there is a breakthrough in the Iranian nuclear crisis: the Bush administration and its European allies have persuaded Russia and China to vote, at tomorrow's meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to send Iran's nuclear violations before the United Nations Security Council. Allow us to point out the gray lining in...
Roundtables
November 30, 2005
In July 2005, the Bush administration announced an agreement for full civil nuclear cooperation with India, which would have the effect of recognizing India as a de facto nuclear weapon state. The deal, which would also include sharing U.S. space technology with India, is perceived by some as harmful to the battle against the proliferation of mass...
Articles and Reports
October 13, 2005
Late last month, Britain, France and Germany rose in unison, flexed their muscles, and rammed a vote through the International Atomic Energy Agency condemning Iran for its nuclear transgressions. This forceful action by the "Euro 3" was a distinct surprise-given the fact that two of the three, France and Germany, had opposed taking strong measures...
Articles and Reports
August 23, 2005
Earlier this month Bush administration officials leaked to the press what they said was a new official estimate of when Iran might be able to build a nuclear weapon. Speaking anonymously, they told reporters that American intelligence agencies now believe it would take at least 6 and maybe as many as 10 years before that fateful day arrives.
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