AM Nukes Roundup – May 12 – Pentagon reveals location of nuclear-armed submarine after Trump rejects Iran proposal

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May 18: Anniversary of India's first nuclear test (1974)
May 21: Anniversary of Ukraine denuclearization agreement (1996)

May 26: Anniversary of ABM Treaty (1972)

May 27: Anniversary of Pres. Obama's visit to Hiroshima (2016)

June 2: Anniversary of the Moscow Treaty (2002)

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NEWS CLIPS

US NUCLEAR

 

How Kansas City is connected to nuclear weapons production

Travis Meier, Axios - May 11

 

RUSSIA

 

Russia’s new nuke torpedo sub hunts holes in US undersea defenses

Gabriel Honrada, Asia Times - May 11

 

CHINA

 

China’s expanding nuclear ambitions and Trump’s visit

Tamara Keith, Emily Feng, Greg Dixon, NPR - May 11

 

Why has China doubled its nuclear capacity in the last decade?

Emily Feng, Hannah Bloch, Daniel Ofman, NPR - May 10

 

IRAN

 

Pentagon reveals location of nuclear-armed submarine after Trump rejects Iran proposal

Filip Timotija, The Hill - May 11

 

Iran reveals demands Trump dismissed, punts on nuclear talks

Tara Suter, The Hill - May 11

 

Gorka: Trump hasn’t met Iran timeline because US ‘too effective’

Ellen Mitchell, The Hill - May 11

 

Trump Has Gone From Unpredictable to Unreliable

Vivian Salama, The Atlantic - May 11

 

Trump Says Cease-Fire With Iran on 'Life Support' After Rejecting Tehran’s Response

Miranda Jeyaretnam, Tiago Ventura, TIME - May 11

 

US sub that can launch nuclear missiles announces location in rare reveal as Iran war drags on

Rachel Dobkin, The Independent - May 11

 

The three issues preventing the US and Iran from agreeing a peace deal

James Reynolds, Alex Croft, The Independent - May 11

 

‘Unacceptable’: What’s Iran’s peace proposal that Trump has rejected?

Priyanka Shankar, Al Jazeera - May 11

 

Trump rejects Iran’s response to latest US proposal to end the war

Jon Gambrell, Samy Magdy, AP News - May 11

 

Trump Is in a Trap of His Own Making

Fred Kaplan, Slate - May 11

 

Possibility Of Operation To Retrieve Iran’s Enriched Uranium Appears To Rise As Negotiations Sputter

Howard Altman, The War Zone - May 11

 

US ballistic missile submarine appears in Mediterranean as tensions rise in Middle East

Alison Bath, Stars and Stripes - May 11

 

Trump says Iran's latest proposal reneges on giving up enriched material: 'Are they stupid people?'

Eric Mack, Fox News - May 11

 

Trump says Iran agreed to give up the ‘nuclear dust’ but the US has to take it out

Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - May 11

 

US Nuclear Sub Cruises Into Gibraltar

Nicole Weatherholtz, Newsmax - May 11

 


OPINION & COMMENTARY


WEEKLY DIGEST: CHINA

CHINA NON-NUCLEAR

 

Confident in China’s power, Xi is ready to host an unpredictable Trump

Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Lyric Li, Washington Post - May 11

 

What Middle Powers Fear About the Trump-Xi Summit

Damien Cave, New York Times - May 11

 

War and Energy Shortages Boost China’s Influence in Asia

Alexandra Stevenson, Murphy Zhao, New York Times - May 7

 

Trump and Xi will struggle to strike a major economic deal

The Economist - May 7

 

China signals again that Taiwan is a priority ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

E. Eduardo Castillo, Huizhong Wu, AP - May 7

 

In Talks With Iran, China Calls for Opening of Strait of Hormuz

Chris Buckley, New York Times - May 6

 

U.S. and China Pursue Guardrails to Stop AI Rivalry From Spiraling Into Crisis

Lingling Wei, Wall Street Journal - May 6

 

Iran war could give Xi the upper hand in meeting with Trump: US experts

Orange Wang, South China Morning Post - May 5

 

CHINA NON-NUCLEAR OPINION

 

John Culver: What a former CIA analyst reveals about a potential China fight

INTERVIEW: Washington Post - May 11

 

Ryan Hass: China Believes America Will Flame Out

OPINION: The Atlantic - May 11

 

Michael Swaine: Taiwan is looming over this week's Trump and Xi summit

OPINION: Responsible Statecraft - May 11

 

Amanda Hsiao, Bonnie Glaser: Why China Waits: Beijing Is Playing a Long Game on Taiwan

OPINION: Foreign Affairs - May 8

 

Agathe Demarais: How China Is Winning the Global AI Race

OPINION: Foreign Policy - May 7

 

Michael Gigante, Joshua Stone, Daniel Druckman, Ming Wan: The Lessons of the Long Confucian Peace: Can Ideology Prevent War in East Asia?

OPINION: Foreign Affairs - May 6

 

Alejandro Reyes: Is the Iran War Pushing Southeast Asia into China’s Arms?

OPINION: Foreign Policy - May 6

 

Thomas Friedman: The U.S. and China Have a Common Foe. Hint: It’s Not the U.S.S.R.

OPINION: New York Times - May 5

 


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