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	<title>The Flash Point Blog &#187; Non-Proliferation</title>
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		<title>Enriching Uranium in Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/lindsey-ross/2010/03/09/enriching-uranium-in-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey Ross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While experts do not believe Iran has the intellectual capacity to manufacture the fuel rods required for its research reactor in Tehran as it claims is its aim, it is capable of making enough enriched uranium for a weapon “within six months or less,” states a March 3rd report from the Institute for Science and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Incomplete US Antiproliferation Agenda</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/tigran-mikaelian/2010/02/12/the-incomplete-us-antiproliferation-agenda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/tigran-mikaelian/2010/02/12/the-incomplete-us-antiproliferation-agenda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tigran Mikaelian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Absent from President Obama’s State of the Union address on the 27th of January was any mention of his previous commitment to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The CTBT is a multilateral agreement between 44 nuclear-capable states that would prohibit all nuclear testing once all 44 sign and ratify it. The United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran and the &#8220;the bomb&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2010/01/19/iran-and-the-the-bomb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2010/01/19/iran-and-the-the-bomb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Finel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Justin Logan:
I don&#8217;t really have much to add, so I&#8217;ll reproduce post entirely:
Bad Intelligence–But in Which Direction? &#124; Cato @ Liberty
Since the topic of the day seems to be right-wing anger at insufficiently panicky intelligence assessments on Iran, it might be worth looking at how bad U.S. intelligence on Iran is–and in which direction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Nuclear Tunnels</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2010/01/06/irans-nuclear-tunnels/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2010/01/06/irans-nuclear-tunnels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Finel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-Proliferation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting story in the NYT about Iran burying/hiding its nuclear program.&#160; They claim it is just for security, Secretary Gates gives the conventional reponse:
Iran Shielding Its Nuclear Efforts in Maze of Tunnels &#8211; NYTimes.com
Mr. Gates, along with other Western officials, has dismissed that line of argument as cover for a covert arms program.
“If they wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heading for Disaster With Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2009/12/16/heading-for-disaster-with-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/bernard-finel/2009/12/16/heading-for-disaster-with-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Finel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-Proliferation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iran tests long-range missile, raises ire of West &#8211; washingtonpost.com
Iran on Wednesday test-fired an upgraded version of its most advanced missile, which is capable of hitting Israel and parts of Europe, in a new show of strength aimed at preventing any military strike against it amid the nuclear standoff with the West. 
Well, we can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to do about Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/evelyn-farkas/2009/12/07/what-to-do-about-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/evelyn-farkas/2009/12/07/what-to-do-about-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evelyn Farkas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-Proliferation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[http://security.nationaljournal.com/2009/12/obamas-plan-for-afghanistan-th.php#1400200]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Journal is hosting an expert debate on what to do about Pakistan. It was the focus of much of my remarks at last Friday&#8217;s ASP event with Congressman Skelton, Jonathan Landay, Steve Clemons, Caroline Wadhams, Bernard Finel and me.
I argue today that we need to help the Pakistani people and bolster their civil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nuclear Powers of Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/mike-herdman/2009/11/10/nuclear-powers-of-tomorrow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americansecurityproject.org/theflashpointblog/mike-herdman/2009/11/10/nuclear-powers-of-tomorrow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Herdman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-Proliferation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of October, Iraq began lobbying the IAEA and UN to rebuild at least one of the nuclear reactors destroyed during the first Gulf War. This development prompted Foreign Policy to add Iraq to their ongoing list of “The Future Nuclear Powers You Should Be Worried About” (note:  the article is about future [...]]]></description>
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