AM Nukes Roundup – September 1 – President Trump rules out using nuclear weapons against Iran

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September 1, 2026

 

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PEACE & SECURITY EDITORIAL CALENDAR

September 22: Anniversary of Indian Ocean Nuke Test (1979)

September 23: Last US nuclear weapons test (1992)

September 24: Anniversary of CTBT (1996)

September 26: International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

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NEWS CLIPS

 

RUSSIA

 

China will stop Russia from going nuclear, Finland’s Stubb says

Paul Ronzheimer, Milena Wälde, Politico EU - August 31

 

KOREA

 

North Korea says hostile US policy unchanged, vows to strengthen nuclear force

Kyu-Seok Shim, Reuters - August 31

 

IRAN

 

President Trump rules out using nuclear weapons against Iran

Joey Garrison, USA TODAY - August 31

 

New report exposes intact Iranian bunker that may hide regime's ongoing nuclear work

Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News - August 31

 

RECA/NUCLEAR WASTE

 

Tina Cordova to address United Nations

Kara Mihm, KOAT - August 31

 

Downwinders advocate Tina Cordova calls for nuclear disarmament in UN speech

Patrick Lohmann, Source NM - August 31

 

New Mexico downwinder to address United Nations

Isabella Campbell, Albuquerque Journal - August 30

 

OPINION & COMMENTARY

 

WEEKLY DIGEST: CHINA

 

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CHINA NON-NUCLEAR

 

Summit With Russia, India and Iran Shows Leverage Wars Have Given Xi of China

Paul Sonne, David Pierson, New York Times - August 31

 

China Rebukes Anthropic, Sets Terms for Key US-China AI Dialogue

Bloomberg - August 31

 

Chinese executives may join Xi’s US trip, as trade truce extension ‘almost certain’

Nayan Seth,Dewey Sim, Khushboo Razdan, South China Morning Post - August 28

 

U.S. weapons shortage from Iran war alarms allies confronting China

Cate Cadell, Noah Robertson, John Hudson, Washington Post - August 26

 

Bill Gates, alarmed by AI, has policy ideas he wants to discuss with China's Xi

Jeffrey Dastin, Reuters - August 26

 

U.S. Squeezes Iran but Avoids Targeting Its Biggest Lifeline: China

Rory Jones, Jon Emont, Wall Street Journal - August 25

 

China's Xi likely to visit India with big delegation for first time in seven years

Saurabh Sharma, Aftab Ahmed, Reuters - August 24

 

CHINA NON-NUCLEAR OPINION

 

Bao Yinan: US and China must team up to keep maritime trade routes free and safe

OPINION: South China Morning Post - August 28

 

Robert Manning, Giulia Neaher: China’s Success Is Forcing a U.S. AI Rethink

OPINION: Foreign Policy - August 27

 

Hao Nan: The security-obsessed global economy needs its own Helsinki process

OPINION: South China Morning Post - August 26

 

Leonard Schuette: The New Right’s Grand Strategy After Trump

OPINION: Foreign Affairs - August 25

 

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