IAEA at a crossroads
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the principal multilateral organisation seeking to promote the peaceful applications of nuclear technology, has, over the years, grown into a pre-eminent entity of the…
Nuclear hobbits
President Eisenhower in his 1953 ‘Atoms for Peace’ speech called for a ban on production of fissile material – to prevent a ‘nuclear outbreak’. The idea did not gain much…
Our pile of fear
The global non-proliferation regime faces complex and wide-ranging proliferation threats on many fronts, including the most urgent danger posed by high-consequence nuclear terrorism. Many argue that even a single incident…
Iran deal bears Obama’s personal stamp
When push came to shove in the closing hours of marathon negotiations in Geneva on Iran's nuclear program, it was President Barack Obama, back at the White House, who approved…
Iran nuclear deal eases tensions, but risks lie ahead
As senior envoys from Iran and six world powers worked on a nuclear deal this week in Geneva's InterContinental Hotel, the lobby was bustling with scenes that would have been…
A new deal in West Asia?
Swiss radiation experts have confirmed the worst suspicion of independent observers of West Asia – that the death of Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 in France was…
Caught up in the bizarre
As a nation we have lost our ability to think clearly and rationally; perhaps even the ability to think at all. Quite when this process began is hard to define.…
INSC playing important role
International Nathiagali Summer Colleges (INSC) on physics and contemporary needs are being organised every year since 1976. The idea of holding these Colleges came from the distinguished Nobel Laureate, Professor…
A grand bargain?
After a long hiatus, Iran is again sitting across the table from the P5+1 (Germany) in Almaty for talks covering its nuclear programme plus related issues. Both sides have dampened…
