Topic: WMD and Nuclear Proliferation | Center for a New American Security

Report coauthored by former Obama aide suggests containment must be considered

thiletework — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:37:13 +0000

Senior Fellow Dr. Colin Kahl discusses with The Washington Free Beacon his report, If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran, and responds to critics who say the report sends the wrong message to the world about the U.S. commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capacity.

Nuclear Iran Can Be Contained and Deterred, Says Report

thiletework — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:54:40 +0000

If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran, co-authored by Dr. Colin H. Kahl, Raj Pattani and Jacob Stokes, is discussed in an Inter Press Service News Agency article by Jim Lobe.

Report: U.S. Needs Plan To Contain A Possible Nuclear-Armed Iran

thiletework — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:10:12 +0000

Center for American Progress' Think Progress blog writer Hayes Brown discusses the recently published CNAS report If all Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran.

Obama-Friendly Think Tank Ponders a Nuclear-Armed Iran

thiletework — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:58:36 +0000

In his post on Time Magazine's Battlefield blog, Mark Thompson analyzes If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran by Senior Fellow Colin Kahl, Research Associate Jacob Stokes and Georgetown University student Raj Pattani, speculating whether its publication signals a change of heart in President Obama's nuclear prevention policy toward Iran.

Nuclear Iran Can Be Contained and Deterred: Report

thiletework — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:47:15 +0000

The Independent European Daily Express analyzes Senior Fellow Colin Kahl's report, If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran in the context of the ongoing debate in the United States between hawks and doves about how best to thwart Iran's ambitions to attain a nuclear weapons capability.

Cyber Insecurity: The 21st Century’s Version of Air Pollution

thiletework — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:11:04 +0000

In a post on Time's Battleland blog, Senior Fellow and Director of the Program on Technology and U.S. National Security Dr. Irving Lachow draws an analogy between the nation's cyber insecurity today and the challenges posed by air pollution in the post-war era.

If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran

thiletework — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:05:04 +0000

Dr. Colin H. Kahl, Raj Pattani and Jacob Stokes argue in If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran that the Obama administration could eventually be forced to shift to a policy of containing a nuclearized Iran despite its commitment to pursue a prevention strategy. The authors outline a comprehensive framework to manage and mitigate the consequences should Iran acquire a nuclear weapons capability, noting that such planning and preparation is needed “not because the United States wants to take this path, but because it may eventually become the only path left.”

American Citizen Sentenced to 15 Years in North Korean Prison

thiletework — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:14:57 +0000

The New American cites Senior Advisor and Director of the Asia-Pacific Program Dr. Patrick Cronin's analysis of the policy and political ramifications of North Korea's arrest and sentencing to 15 years in labor camp of U.S. citizen Kenneth Bae.

NKorea sentences US man to 15 years’ labor in possible bid for high-profile American visit

thiletework — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:13:51 +0000

Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses with The Washington Post the motivations behind Pyongyang's decision to sentence US citizen Kenneth Bae to 15 years of hard labor for what it claims are "hostile acts" against the state.

Release American now, U.S. tells N. Korea

thiletework — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:04:29 +0000

As the United States calls on North Korea to grant amnesty to Kenneth Bae, who recently was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor, Senior Advisor and Senior Director of the Asia-Pacific Security Program Dr. Patrick Cronin discusses with the Associated Press the reasons behind North Korea's actions.