After a profitable opening day at the Nuclear Security Summit, President Obama hopes for further gains in promoting an international cooperative effort to secure fissile materials. Yesterday, Ukraine announced that it will remove its entire highly enriched uranium stockpile by 2012. Canada also announced that it would be transferring highly enriched uranium back to the United States. Story by Walter Fick, White House Correspondent
President Obama met with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao for an hour and a half on Monday during the first day of the Nuclear Security Summit. White House officials said that the two leaders spent much of their time discussing Iran’s nuclear belligerence.
Story by Walter Fick, White House Correspondent
Check out the latest posting from the WPRB News Washington Bureau. Here we discuss the recently signed START Treaty, the new US Nuclear Posture Review, and the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit with Princeton professor and long-time nuclear security expert Frank von Hilden.
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We talk with Princeton Professor Bernard Haykel about radical Islam, democracy, and U.S. relations in the Middle East. Nick Tagher and Aaron Smargon are co-hosts. Executive producer is Nikki Leon. Andrew Saraf contributed research. Taking On: Interview with Bernard Haykel Recorded on December 8, 2009
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American involvement overseas is the focus of both our programs this Sunday, March 1st. On The Dispatch, 12:00-12:30 PM: Sophie Jin sits down with Princeton University Lecturer in Islamic Culture Michael Barry to discuss how U.S. policy towards Iran is shaping sectarian violence. On Discourse, 12:30-1:00 PM: Jun Koh speaks with physicist, bestselling author, and [...]