Arms Control & Disarmament

By DEBKAfile.org President Barack Obama, by asserting Sunday that he doesn't think Israel has made a decision on whether to attack Iran, indicated he preferred to keep Israel back from military action and...

Reform leader and Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad ElBarade'i on Jan. 14 withdrew from the presidential race in a move which laid bare the messiness of Egypt's transition to democracy. There is no longer...

For years the Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Younes has been retained in this post after the fall of President Mubarak on and the subsequent formation of two interim governments. He has...

WASHINGTON -- Schafer Corporation, a leading provider of scientific, engineering, and technical services and products applied to defeating critical security threats, has started work for the Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection...

By AFP Israel is preparing for Iran to become a nuclear power and has accepted it may happen within a year, the London Times reported citing an Israeli security report. The Institute for...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/110bc5/iran_defence_and_s) has announced the addition of the "Iran Defence and Security Report Q1 2012" report to their offering. Business Monitor International's Iran Defence and Security Report provides industry...

SSAI Selects Flexible COTS I/O and Processor Technology from NAI that 'Exceeds all Requirements' BOHEMIA, N.Y. -- Engineers from SSAI select commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) 3U CompactPCI technology from North Atlantic Industries (NAI) in Bohemia,...

By IsraelNationalNews.com Iran has again threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, this time using the excuse of a military exercise set for January 27. According to Esmaeil Kowsari, an Iranian legislator who...

6 hours ago NETHERLANDS - The EUR239bn Dutch civil servants and teachers pension fund ABP has said that it will no longer invest in US retail giant Walmart or PetroChina, the Chinese oil...

The kingdom of Thailand is a critical security-cooperation partner of the United States. Thailand is designated as a major non -NATO ally and has sent troops to fight and, in many cases, die...

HEADNOTE MIDDLE EAST Two days after the storming of the UK embassy in Tehran on November 29 to protest increased British sanctions on Iran, the US Senate unanimously passed new economic sanctions against...

In April 2010, Barack Obama convinced leaders from forty-seven countries to meet in Washington and discuss a topic to which most had previously paid scarce attention: securing vulnerable nuclear materials. Most of these...

Russia, U.S. sign administrative arrangements for nuclear cooperation agreement Russia and the United States on Tuesday signed administrative arrangements to a 123 Agreement on nuclear energy cooperation, the head of Russian nuclear materials...

By IsraelNationalNews.com The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey said Tuesday that the United States can successfully attack Iran, if necessary. His biggest worry is that Iran will "miscalculate...

By IsraelNationalNews.com The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin Dempsey said Tuesday that the United States can successfully attack Iran, if necessary. His biggest worry is that Iran will "miscalculate...

The Obama administration has begun work on imposing crippling sanctions on Iran's Bank Markazi (central bank). The move targets all foreign banks which are still doing business with Markazi, barring them from engaging...

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/876eb8/elearning_course) has announced the addition of the "E-learning course: OFAC (The Office of Foreign Assets Control)" training to their offering. The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") of...

At the main conference of the 20th World Petroleum Congress (WPC) held in Doha, Qatar, on Dec. 5-8, OPEC's Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said: "I really hope there will not be an EU embargo...

Ending talks with South Korean leader in Seoul, senior US State Department adviser for non-proliferation and arms control Robert Einhorn last week told a news conference: "Iran is violating international obligations and norms....