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Verification Revisited: The Nuclear Case


Latest Reports:

Mysteries Deepen Over Status of Arak Reactor Project
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Robert Kelley
August 11, 2009

Imagery Brief on Burma
August 3, 2009

A Smuggler's Procurement of Nuclear Dual-Use Pressure Transducers for Iran
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
July 14, 2009

Smugglers Assist North Korea-Directed Illicit Trade to Myanmar
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
July 14, 2009

Misconceptions about Iran's Nuclear Program
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
July 8, 2009

IAEA Report on Iran: Centrifuge and LEU increases; access to Arak reactor denied; no progress on outstanding issues
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
June 5, 2009

IAEA Report on Syria Undeclared Uranium Particles Found in Hot Cell Facility in Damascus; Syria Not Answering IAEA's Questions
David Albright and Paul Brannan
June 5, 2009

June 2009 IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran
June 5, 2009

June 2009 IAEA Safeguards Report on Syria
June 5, 2009

ISIS Statement on Washington Post Report from May 28, 2009
May 28, 2009

Satellite Imagery of the 2009 Nuclear Test Site in North Korea
May 27, 2009

May 26, 2009 Satellite Imagery of the Yongbyon Nuclear Site in North Korea
May 27, 2009

Iran’s Procurement of U.S. Military Aircraft Parts: Two case studies in illicit trade
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
May 21, 2009

Pakistan Expanding Dera Ghazi Khan Nuclear Site
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Robert Kelley
May 19, 2009

Pakistan Expanding Plutonium Separation Facility Near Rawalpindi
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 19, 2009

Update on the Khushab Plutonium Production Reactor Construction Projects in Pakistan
David Albright and Paul Brannan
April 23, 2009

Video Tour of Iran's Nuclear Sites
April 10, 2009

Pre-Launch Satellite Imagery of the North Korean Missile at Musudan-ri
April 8, 2009

Satellite Imagery of North Korean Missile in Flight
April 6, 2009

New Satellite Imagery of Musudan-ri Missile Launch Site in North Korea
April 2, 2009

Missile at Musudan-ri site in North Korea Visible in Satellite Imagery
March 29, 2009

Satellite Imagery of the Musudan-Ri Missile Site in North Korea: Version 2
March 27, 2009

March 26, 2009 Musudan-Ri Missile Launch Site in North Korea
March 26, 2009

Nuclear Weapon Breakout Scenarios: Correcting the Record
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, and Paul Brannan
March 18, 2009

Issue Brief on Official Statements regarding Iran
March 12, 2009

Profitable and Low-Penalty: Illicit Procurement of Items with Nuclear Applications for Pakistan
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
February 27, 2009

ISIS Analysis of the February 19 IAEA Report on Iran
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
February 19, 2009

February 2009 IAEA Safeguards Report on Syria
February 19, 2009

February 2009 IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran
February 19, 2009

Is Iran Running Out of Yellowcake?
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire and Paul Brannan
February 11, 2009

A Company’s Discretion Detects Large Iranian Valve Orders by Scrutinizing Items and End-Users Instead of Lists
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
January 28, 2009

An Inside Look: India’s Procurement of Tributyl Phosphate (TBP) for its Unsafeguarded Nuclear Program
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
January 28, 2009

Pakistan’s Illicit Procurement of Missile and Drone Equipment Using Multiple Financial Transactions
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
January 28, 2009

Nuclear Iran: Not Inevitable
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
January 21, 2009

Iranian Entities' Illicit Military Procurement Networks
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
January 12, 2009

Detecting the Barrage Approach to Illicit Procurement
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
January 12, 2009

How Cooperation between a Company and Government Authorities Disrupted a Sophisticated Illicit Iranian Procurement
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel
January 12, 2009




Has Iran Achieved a Nuclear Weapons Breakout Capability?
Not Yet, But Soon
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, and Paul Brannan
December 2, 2008

IAEA Report on Iran:
Enriched Uranium Output Steady; Centrifuge Numbers Expected to Increase Dramatically; Arak Reactor Verification Blocked
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, and Paul Brannan
November 19, 2008

IAEA Safeguards Report on Syria
November 19, 2008

November 2008 IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran
November 19, 2008

Arak Heavy Water Reactor Construction Progressing
David Albright and Paul Brannan
November 13, 2008

Unprecedented Projected Nuclear Growth in the Middle East:
Now is the Time to Create Effective Barriers to Proliferation

David Albright and Andrea Scheel
November 12, 2008

Surprising Admission by India's Department of Atomic Energy (DAE): Claims revealing sensitive centrifuge drawings does not violate DAE's secrecy requirements
David Albright and Paul Brannan
September 19, 2008

Second Khushab Plutonium Production Reactor Nears Completion
Time to reenergize negotiations for a Verified Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty

David Albright and Paul Brannan
September 18, 2008

Indian Nuclear Export Controls and Information Security: More Words Than Actions
Are Indian export controls and information security congruent with the promises and cheerleading?

David Albright and Paul Brannan
September 18, 2008

September 15, 2008 IAEA Report on Iran:
Centrifuge Operation Significantly Improving; Gridlock on Alleged Weaponization Issues

David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, and Paul Brannan
September 15, 2008

IAEA Report on Iran
September 15, 2008

IAEA Report on Libya
September 12, 2008

Can Military Strikes Destroy Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program? Probably Not.
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Jacqueline Shire
August 7, 2008

Text of India-IAEA Safeguards Agreement
July 9, 2008

Text of Latest Diplomatic Offer to Iran
June 16, 2008

Swiss Smugglers Had Advanced Nuclear Weapons Designs
David Albright
June 16, 2008

May 26, 2008 IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran:
Centrifuge Operation Improving and Cooperation Lacking on Weaponization Issues

Rev.2
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire and Paul Brannan
May 29, 2008

 IAEA Report on the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement
 and Relevant Provisions of UNSC 1737 and 1747 in Iran

 May 27, 2008

 Text of Iranian Offer for "Constructive Negotiations"
 May 20, 2008

 The Al Kibar Reactor:
 Extraordinary Camouflage, Troubling Implications

 David Albright and Paul Brannan
 May 12, 2008

 Inspecting Syria's Al Kibar Reactor:
 A Technical Note

 Ephraim Asculai
 May 12, 2008

 The Candidates' Positions-Iran and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
 Andrea Scheel and Jacqueline Shire
 April 29, 2008

 Presidential Candidates on Iran's Nuclear Program-April Update
 Jelena Avramovic and Andrea Scheel
 April 29, 2008

Syria Update III: New Information about Al Kibar reactor site
David Albright and Paul Brannan
April 24, 2008


Briefing notes from February 2008 IAEA meeting regarding Iran's nuclear program
April 11, 2008
 

IAEA Iran Latest--A Balanced Safeguards Report
ISIS Issue Brief

By David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
February 22, 2008


Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran
IAEA Report on Iran

February 22, 2008

 Presidential Candidates on Iran's Nuclear Program
 Jelena Avramovic and Andrea Scheel
 February 22, 2008

 Iran Installing More Advanced Centrifuges at Natanz Pilot Enrichment Plant:
 Factsheet on the P-2/IR-2 Centrifuge
 ISIS Report on Iran

 David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
 February 7, 2008

 ISIS Statement Regarding "A Strike in the Dark" in the February 11 Issue
 of the New Yorker, by Seymour Hersh

 February 6, 2008

Slowly but Surely, Pyongyang is Moving
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
Op-Ed in the Washington Post
January 24, 2008

New Construction at Syrian Site
January 14, 2008


North Korea's Plutonium Declaration: A Starting Point for an Initial Verification Process
Rev. 1
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Jacqueline Shire
January 10, 2008
 

November IAEA Report: Centrifuge File Not Closed; Natanz Enrichment Expands

ISIS Issue Brief:
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
November 15, 2007
 

Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran
IAEA Report on Iran:

November 15, 2007
 

A Witches Brew? Evaluating Iran's Uranium-Enrichment Progress
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
Appearing in November 2007 issue of Arms Control Today

Syria Update II: Syria Buries Foundation of Suspect Reactor Site
ISIS Imagery Brief

Institute for Science and International Security
October 26, 2007

Syria Update: Suspect Reactor Site Dismantled
ISIS Imagery Brief

David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Jacqueline Shire
October 25, 2007

Suspect Reactor Construction Site in Eastern Syria: The Site of the September 6 Israeli Raid?
ISIS Imagery Brief

David Albright and Paul Brannan
October 24, 2007
 

USIP Working Paper:
Disabling DPRK Nuclear Facilities
by David Albright and Paul Brannan
October 25, 2007
 

Korea Working Group:
 

The U.S. Institute of Peace's Korea Working Group (KWG) commissioned this Working Paper in order to facilitate a better understanding of nuclear disablement. The KWG regularly brings together the leading North Korea watchers from the government and think tank communities to discuss pressing policy issues in the political, security, social, and economic fields. The KWG is the only group of its kind in Washington, D.C.

The Chair of the Korea Working Group is Ambassador Richard Solomon, President of USIP. The Director is John Park.

 

Iran's Nuclear Program: What the 2008 Presidential Candidates are Saying
Jelena Avramovic and Andrea Scheel
October 17, 2007

IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran: Limited Progess in enrichment; controversial strategy on outstanding issues; continued defiance of UN Security Council
ISIS Issue Brief on Iran

David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
August 30, 2007

Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Islamic Republic of Iran
IAEA Report on Iran

August 30, 2007

A Flawed IAEA-Iran Agreement on Resolving Outstanding Issues
ISIS Issue Brief on Iran

(Errors in paragraph 3 corrected)
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
August 28, 2007
 

Agreement between Iran and the IAEA regarding current and outstanding issues
August 27, 2007

New Tunnel Construction at Mountain Adjacent to the Natanz Enrichment Complex

ISIS Report on Iran
David Albright and Paul Brannan
July 9, 2007
 

Monitoring and Verification in the DPRK
By Director General
July 3, 2007
 

"Finding Innovative Ways to Detect and Thwart Illicit Nuclear Trade"
2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference
by David Albright, Matti Tarvainen and Ralf Wirtz
June 26, 2007
 

Pakistan Appears to be Building a Third Plutonium Production Reactor at Khushab Nuclear Site
David Albright and Paul Brannan
June 21, 2007

 

Remarks after Receiving an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters Degree
David Albright
June 9, 2007
Wright State University
Dayton, Ohio
 

IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran: Iran Making Progress but Not Yet Reliably Operating an Enrichment Plant
ISIS Report on Iran

David Albright, Jacqueline Shire and Paul Brannan, May 25, 2007.
 

Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran
IAEA Report on Iran

May 23, 2007.
 

Communication dated 18 April 2007 from the Secretariat to the Resident Respresentative of the Islamic Republic of Iran
IAEA Letter

April 18, 2007.
 

Further Construction at Arak 40 MW Heavy Water Reactor
ISIS Imagery Brief on Iran

David Albright and Paul Brannan, March 20, 2007.
 

Phased International Cooperation with North Korea's Civil Nuclear Programs
ISIS Report on North Korea

David Albright, March 19, 2007.
 

Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
Iran's Nuclear Crisis: Latest Developments and Next Steps
Testimony by David Albright, March 15, 2007.
 

Iran's Centrifuges: How well are they working?
ISIS Report on Iran

Jacqueline Shire and David Albright, March 15, 2007.
 

North Korea's Alleged Large-Scale Enrichment Plant: Yet Another Questionable Extrapolation Based on Aluminum Tubes
ISIS Report on North Korea

David Albright, February 23, 2007.
 

Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and Relevant Provisions of Security Council Resolution 1737 (2006) in the Islamic Republic of Iran
IAEA Report on Iran

February 22, 2007.
 

The North Korean Plutonium Stock, February 2007
ISIS Report on North Korea

David Albright and Paul Brannan February 20, 2007.
 

ISIS Event at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: Report from North Korea: David Albright and Joel Wit will report on their findings from their recent trip to North Korea including an updated in-depth analysis of North Korea's separated plutonium stockpile and uranium enrichment program. They will discuss issues surrounding the implementation of the recent Six-Party agreement in Beijing as well as how confidence building measures and cooperative threat reduction initiatives can be applied to eliminating North Korea's nuclear program.
 

 10:00 AM, February 21, 2007
Choate Room
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
 

US Korea Institute at SAIS:
Report from Pyongyang: North Korea's Nuclear Future
Lecture by David Albright and Joel Wit on their findings from their recent trip to North Korea
5:30 PM, February 14, 2007
 

Technical Cooperation between Iran and the IAEA in the light of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737 (2006)
IAEA Report on Iran

February 9, 2007.
 

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