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The Saga of Guterres and Putin

Opinion by Stephen Schlesinger
• October 11, 2022

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres started out wobbly on the Ukrainian crisis. In the days leading up to the Feb. 24 Russian attack on Ukraine, he remained on the sidelines. He was apparently unconvinced that the Russians would invade…

Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Peace and Security, Secretary-General, Ukraine-Russia War

US Reacts to Alarming New Information From UN Agency on Iran’s Nuclear Activities

Stephanie Liechtenstein
• February 25, 2021

VIENNA — The International Atomic Energy Agency reported in a confidential document, seen by PassBlue, that Iran has added 17.6 kilograms of uranium, enriched up to 20 percent, to its total stockpile. The enrichment process, which had been announced…

Categories: Middle East, Nuclear Disarmament

OPINIONS

The New Boss at the UN’s Nuclear-Power Watchdog Is Inheriting Many Problems

Opinion by Tariq Rauf
• December 1, 2019

VIENNA, Austria — Ensconced near the Danube River in this European city is the headquarters of the world’s single-most important means of ensuring safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear energy. Created in 1957, four years after United States…