by Matthew Wallin | Aug 7, 2014 | Monitor
With the war in Afghanistan “winding down,” the U.S. military is assessing its current stock of equipment and weaponry to determine its needs for the future. Over more than a decade of war, there is little doubt that America’s military equipment has been used and...
by Theresa Shaffer | Jul 8, 2014 | Monitor
The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) held a panel on July 8 to discuss the challenges of sanctions in the Iran nuclear talks. The panel began by stating that since the 1979 Iranian revolution, there have been 16 executive orders from the White House, 10...
by Theresa Shaffer | Jul 2, 2014 | Monitor
On Tuesday, June 24, Iran stated its intention of signing a deal with Russia to build two new 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors next to the first unit of the Bushehr nuclear power plant. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran’s atomic energy organization, is slated to fly to...
by Theresa Shaffer | Jul 1, 2014 | Monitor
Secretary of State John Kerry, former ASP board member, published an op-ed in the Washington Post this past Monday, June 30, advising Iran’s leaders to make the choice to “end Iran’s economic and diplomatic isolation and improve the lives of their people.” He said...
by Theresa Shaffer | Jun 2, 2014 | Monitor
Last week, the South Korean President Park Geun-hye made a statement warning against another North Korean nuclear test. She stressed that this could lead to a domino effect, in which other countries in the region may begin to see this as a threat and arm themselves...