Nautilus in the News

Will elections be free and fair in Afghanistan? , The Wire, 17 August 2009 In five days time Afghanis will take part in the second ever election to be held in their country since the US led invasion. The success of the elections is vital to the coalition of Western nations. There is growing concern […]

The US can’t have nuclear abolition while maintaining its nuclear umbrella, KPFA Radio, 10 August 2009 Scott Bruce, Director of US Operations of the Nautilus Institute, said, “the nuclear bomb is now 64 years old, in the US that makes it just a year away from retirement age, but… it will be very hard for […]

China Spy Case Risks Hurting Foreign Investment, Andrew Batson and Lyndall McFarland, Wall Street Journal, 13 July 2009 “It’s a very politically expensive move by the authorities,” said Richard Tanter, professor of international relations at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. “It is certainly in the interests of Chinese state-owned enterprises, but it really blasts […]

Egypt set to join N-club with help from Australia, Richard Tanter, Sue Lannin, The World Today, ABC Radio, 19 June 2009 PETER CAVE: Egypt has signed a deal with an Australian engineering company to build a 1200 megawatt power station and nuclear power station in the country.  The engineering firm WorleyParsons will advise the Egyptian […]

Democrats polling well ahead of Japan election, Richard Tanter, Sen Lam, Asia Connect, Radio Australia, ABC, 18 June 2009 [audio] LAM: The political funding scandal also cost the previous Democratic Party leader his job, but the change in leadership restored the Democrats’ poll ratings. TANTER: I think that it really is a serious possibility now. […]

Security Council grapples with sanctions on North Korea, Peter Hayes, Sen Lam, Asia Connect, Radio Australia, ABC, 10 June 2009 HAYES: “The real problem is nuclear weapons material, fissile material, which can be broken up into small amounts and moved in diplomatic pouches if necessary and data and designs, and particularly test datas is very […]

The North Korean nuclear test: The South Korean reaction, Kiho Yi, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 5 June 2009 “In South Korea last week, not even North Korea’s nuclear test and its subsequent missile launches could overshadow the sad news of former President Roh Moo-hyun’s death. In fact, South Koreans spent most of last week grieving, […]

North Korea dangers lurk whatever nuclear test result, Scott Bruce and Peter Hayes, Paul Eckert, Reuters, 1 June 2009 Hayes and Bruce argue that North Korea’s second nuclear test delivered far more diplomatic clout than military punch, because Pyongyang lacks three things: a medium- or long-range delivery system, the ability to make small nuclear warheads […]

North Korea tests short-range missiles in wake of nuclear test, Peter Hayes, Lisa Millar, ABC, 26 May 2009 “I actually think that they’ll do a second test. There’s a fairly high probability of that over the next week or two. They’ll conduct a second test which will be a small, a much smaller nuclear weapon, […]

North Korean Defiance Likely to Continue, Christina Bellantoni, Betsy Pisik, The Washington Times, 26 May 2009 “There isn’t really a good solution here. Pressure from the U.S. isn’t going to go anywhere . . . This is the beginning of a long series of very negative things, not the end of them.”