Iran News Roundup 01/26

Iran unlikely to begin building nuclear weapon in 2012  According to a report drafted by the Institute for Science and International Security, Iran is unlikely to take steps toward building a nuclear weapon in 2012 due to their inability to produce a sufficient amount of weapons-grade uranium.  According to the report, “Iran’s essential challenge remains […]

Bloggingheads: Can sanctions really prevent an Iranian nuke?

[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.786578&w=425&h=350&fv=playlist%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fbloggingheads%252Etv%252Fdiavlogs%252Fliveplayer%252Dplaylist%252F17835%252F37%253A26%252F42%253A48] Bear with me while I completely geek out for a second.  Bloggingheads has Jeffrey Lewis and Jacqueline Shire debating whether Iran sanctions are an effective tool of US policy.  Awesome. Jeffrey is over at the New American Foundation and also runs the blog Arms Control Wonk (which I believe I mentioned earlier is required […]