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Peace &
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AM Nukes Roundup
March 3, 2026 |
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US
NUCLEAR
Oklahoma
Sens. Lankford, Mullin
back Trump's comments on
Iran attacks
Josh Kelly, The Oklahoman
- March 2
US
MISSILE DEFENSE
U.S.
troops killed amid
Iranian counterattack,
fueling air defense
fears
Alex Horton, Tara Copp,
Dan Lamothe, Washington
Post - March 2
Space
has become 'war-fighting
domain' as militaries
race to orbit, SES chief
says
Leo Marchandon, Reuters -
March 2
The
fight with Iran shows
high-intensity modern
wars hinge on having a
substantial air defense
arsenal
Sinéad Baker, Business
Insider - March 1
CHINA
NUCLEAR
China
Boosts Output of
Advanced Nuclear-Armed
Subs, US Navy Says
Anthony Capaccio,
Bloomberg - March 2
Navy
Issues Nuclear Warning
About China’s Threat to
‘Large Portions’ of US
Hollie Silverman, Jesus
Mesa, Newsweek - March 2
KOREA
IAEA
chief says N. Korea
continues uranium
enrichment, voices
'serious concern'
Park Boram, Yonhap News
Agency - March 3
Iran
strikes spotlight
chances for North Korea
to resume nuclear talks
with Trump
Heejin Kim, Sebin Choi,
Reuters - March 2
Could
Kim's teen daughter
become North Korea's
next leader?
Jake Kwon, Leehyun Choi,
BBC - March 1
IRAN
The
Trump team’s shifting
story on war with Iran
Aaron Blake, CNN - March 2
Trump
tells CNN the ‘big wave’
is yet to come in war
with Iran
Jake Tapper, CNN - March 2
What
you should expect to pay
for gas as the war with
Iran continues
Chris Isidore, Matt Egan,
CNN - March 2
Where
things stand after the
US and Israeli strikes
on Iran
Cara Anna, Associated
Press - March 2
The
Israel of October 6 Is
Never Coming Back
Yair Rosenberg, The
Atlantic - March 2
As
Maduro and Khamenei
Learned, It’s Harder
Than Ever for Leaders to
Hide
David Sanger, New York
Times - March 2
How
Trump Decided to Go to
War
Mark Mazzetti, Julian
Barnes, Tyler Pager,
Edward Wong, Eric Schmitt,
Ronen Bergman, New York
Times - March 2
Trump’s
Case for War With Iran
Faces Growing Scrutiny
Dustin Volz, Alexander
Ward, Lara Seligman, Wall
Street Journal - March 2
No
Indication Iran Nuclear
Sites Hit by Strikes,
U.N. Atomic Chief Says
Laurence Norman, Wall
Street Journal - March 2
Iran
Has No Structured
Program to Build Nuclear
Weapons, IAEA Says
Laurence Norman, Wall
Street Journal - March 2
Trump:
Iran strikes were "last
best chance" to take out
missiles, nuclear threat
Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News -
March 2
Iran’s
supreme leader ‘had to
be removed’ to stop the
nuclear program: Sen.
Markwayne Mullin
NBC News - March 2
President
Trump says Iran Ignored
Warnings Not to Rebuild
Nuclear Program
CSPAN - March 2
Could
Ali Larijani be Trump’s
man in Iran? ‘He’s the
LeBron James of lying’
Laura Kelly, The Hill -
March 2
UN
watchdog chief rebuts
Iran diplomat over
Natanz nuclear site
targeting allegations
Laura Kelly, The Hill -
March 2
Here
are targets hit by US
and Israel during ‘Epic
Fury’ inside Iran
Filip Timotija, The Hill -
March 2
Ted
Cruz: ‘No indication’
that Iran was ‘close to
getting nuclear weapons’
Alexander Bolton, The Hill
- March 2
Chaos
in Iran is a good
endgame for Israel’s
Netanyahu
Jamie Dettmer, Politico
Europe - March 2
GOP
has the votes to crush
Iran war rebuke, Johnson
predicts
Connor O'Brien, Jack
Detsch, Politico - March 2
7
key points in U.S.-Iran
relations since 1953
Joe Hernandez, NPR - March
2
Trump
seeks to justify Iran
war, but stated
objectives shift
Nandita Bose, Humeyra
Pamuk, Simon Lewis,
Reuters - March 2
Israel,
US will ensure Iran does
not have nuclear
capabilities, Israeli
U.N. envoy says
Reuters - March 2
Iran’s
nuclear ambassador
alleges that US-Israeli
airstrikes targeted the
Natanz enrichment
facility
Stephanie Liechtenstein,
Associated Press - March 2
Drilled:
How Trump's "energy
dominance" plan helped
fuel the new war in Iran
Noah Shachtman, Business
Insider - March 2
News
Analysis: Trump is
rewriting the ‘you break
it, you own it’ rule in
Iran war
Doyle McManus, LA Times -
March 2
Trump's
Iran endgame unclear
after mixed messaging on
war aims
Daniel Bush, BBC - March 2
Trump
says Iran war to last
four to five weeks but
could go ‘far longer’
David Smith, The Guardian
- March 2
Inside
the plan to kill Ali
Khamenei
Mehul Srivastava, James
Shotter, Neri Zilber,
Steff Chávez, Financial
Times - March 2
Expert
panel breaks down U.S.
objectives in Iran war
Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn,
PBC News Hour - March 2
U.S.’s
and Israel’s war with
Iran leaves uranium
stockpiles uncertain
Dan Vergano, Scientific
American - March 2
U.N.
Atomic Agency
Contradicts Iran, Says
No Nuclear Sites Hit in
U.S. Campaign
Frances Martel, Breitbart
- March 2
After
briefing, lawmakers
disagree on whether Iran
threat to U.S. was
imminent
Lindsey McPherson, Mallory
Wilson, The Washington
Times - March 2
Trump
says Tehran’s long
support of terrorism
justifies Operation Epic
Fury attack
Mike Glenn, Washington
Times - March 2
Pentagon
insists no
‘regime-change war’ as
Iran conflict spreads
across Mideast
Ben Wolfgang, Waashington
Times - March 2
Trump
Says War Could Last
Weeks and Offers
Contradictory Visions of
New Regime
Zolan Kanno-Youngs, David
Sanger, Tyler Pager, New
York Times - March 1
In
Latest Turn From Talks
to War, U.S. Casts Doubt
on Diplomacy
Anton Troianovski, New
York Times - March 1
Trump
predicts more American
casualties before
operation ends in Iran
Jonathan Dienst, Jessica
Cunnington, Rana Novini,
NBC New York - March 1
Iran
conflict widens to
Lebanon, Kuwait
mistakenly downs US jets
Parisa Hafezi, Phil
Stewart, Reuters - March 1
EUROPE
Macron
Expands French Nuclear
Arsenal and Vows
Protection for Neighbors
Mark Landler, New York
Times - March 2
France
to expand nuclear
arsenal as Europe’s
trust in U.S. falters
Ellen Francis, Washington
Post - March 2
France
Floats Nuclear
Deployment Across Europe
Sam Schechner, Bertrand
Benoit, Noemie Bisserbe,
Wall Street Journal -
March 2
Macron
starts biggest European
nuclear shift since Cold
War
Laura Kayali, Clea
Caulcutt, Politico Europe
- March 2
France
to boost nuclear arsenal
in major policy overhaul
J.D. Capelouto, Semafor -
March 2
France
to boost nuclear
arsenal, involve
European allies in
deterrence
Michel Rose, Reuters -
March 2
Denmark
to cooperate with France
on nuclear deterrence
Reuters - March 2
No
sign Iran's nuclear
sites were hit, IAEA
says, but Iran alleges
one was
Francois Murphy, Reuters -
March 2
France
and Germany move closer
on joint nuclear
deterrence
Reuters - March 2
Macron
to update France’s
nuclear deterrence
doctrine in a speech
closely watched by
European allies
Sylvie Corbet, Associated
Press - March 2
Macron
says France will allow
temporary deployment of
nuclear-armed jets to
European allies
Sylvie Corbet, Samuel
Petrequin, Associated
Press - March 2
France
to Increase Nuclear
Arsenal With US
Commitments in Doubt
Ania Nussbaum, Max Ramsay,
Bloomberg - March 2
France
to boost nuclear arsenal
and extend deterrence to
European allies
Hugh Schofield, BBC -
March 2
France
to increase its number
of nuclear warheads,
Macron says – as it
happened
Jakub Krupa, The Guardian
- March 2
Macron
plans to deploy nuclear
weapons to Britain
Henry Samuel, James Crisp,
The Telegraph - March 2
France
offers to deploy nuclear
deterrent across Europe
for first time
Laila Abboud, Financial
Times - March 2
‘To
be free, we have to be
feared,’ Macron says in
keynote nuclear speech
France 24 - March 2
France
Makes Unprecedented
Nuclear Weapons Decision
Gabe Whisnant, Newsweek -
March 2
France
to Increase Nuclear
Arsenal
Mason Letteau Stallings,
The American Conservative
- March 2
French
police arrest activists
blocking ship allegedly
transporting uranium
from Russia
Le Monde - March 1
French
nuclear 'umbrella' for
Europe now increasingly
discussed among allies
Hélène Bienvenu, Elsa
Conesa , Philippe Ricard ,
Elise Vincent, Le Monde -
March 1
Macron
says France to increase
nuclear warheads
Le Monde - March 1
ASIA-PACIFIC
Japan
Condemns Iran Nuclear
Program, Stays Quiet on
US Attack
Sakura Murakami, Bloomberg
- March 2
INTERNATIONAL
NZ
supports ‘any actions’
to stop Iran getting
nukes or hurting its
people: Christopher
Luxon
Henry Cooke, The Post -
March 2
RECA/NUCLEAR
WASTE
New
Mexico state agencies
offer downwinders help
applying for federal
benefits
Danielle Prokop, Source
New Mexico - March 2
Marshall
Islands nuclear legacy
threatens Pacific
communities decades
later
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson, Te
Ao Maori News - March 2
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Opinion
& Commentary
Thomas
Friedman: How to Think
About Trump’s War With
Iran
OPINION: New York Times -
March 2
Richard
Fontaine: Trump’s Way of
War: Iran, Venezuela,
and the End of the
Powell Doctrine
OPINION: Foreign Affairs -
March 2
Jeremy
Bowen: Three days in, we
still have no idea where
this war is heading
OPINION: BBC - March 2
Rafael
Grossi: IAEA Director
General Grossi Talks
Iran's Nuclear Questions
PODCAST: Bloomberg Talks -
March 2
Editorial
Board: France’s
groundbreaking nuclear
offer to Europe
EDITORIAL: Financial Times
- March 2
William
Hartung: War is Not The
Way to Stop the Spread
of Nuclear Weapons
OPINION: Forbes - March 2
Steve
Benen: As Trump attacks
Iran, his 2017
abandonment of the Iran
nuclear deal looks even
worse
OPINION: MS NOW - March 2
Vesal
Razavimaleki, Matt
Caplan: With Khamenei
dead, Crown Prince
Pahlavi could be Iran’s
next leader. What would
it mean for nuclear
security?
OPINION: Bulletin of the
Atomic Scientists - March
2
Evaggelos
Vallianatos: Is
Artificial Intelligence
in Charge of Nuclear
Weapons?
OPINION: Counterpunch -
March 2
Takahashi
Kosuke: Japan’s Iran
Dilemma: Oil, Alliances,
and Nuclear Double
Standards
OPINION: The Diplomat -
March 2
Sana
Khan: Iran Strikes Could
Nudge North Korea Back
to the Negotiating Table
with Trump
OPINION: Modern Diplomacy
- March 2
Ankit
Panda: Kim Jong Un’s new
five-year weapons plan
keeps nukes front and
center
OPINION: NK News - March 2
Cheryl
Chumley, Aviva Klompas:
Iran’s ‘crimes against
America’
PODCAST: Washington Times,
Bold and Blunt - March 2
Joe
Dodd: Golden Dome for
America: The Secrecy Is
Rational—the Cost Is
Manageable—and the
Imperative Is Inarguable
OPINION: Daily Signal -
March 2
Héloïse
Fayet, Claudia Major:
Nuclear deterrence: 'Now
is the opportunity to
develop the
institutional
foundations for a viable
European strategy'
OPINION: Le Monde - March
1
Nina
Srinivasan Rathbun:
Failure of US‑Iran talks
was all too predictable
— but turning to
military strikes creates
dangerous unknowns
OPINION: The Conversation
- March 1
Editorial
Board: The last nuclear
arms deal expires,
raising worldwide risk
EDITORIAL: Press Democrat
- March 1
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