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IN THIS ISSUE
 Playing the Nuclear Game: Pakistan and the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty
Arms Control Association- Arms Treaty Shouldn't Constrain U.S. Missile Defenses
The Washington Post
- Iran Picks Site for New Enrichment Facility
Associated Press
- BRIC, IBSA Nations Not Keen on Iran Sanctions
The Hindu
- Ainsworth Condemns 'Ridiculous' Lib Dem Trident Policy
The Independent
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Zia Mian and A.H. Nayyar, Arms Control Association
 Since May 2009, Pakistan, largely alone, has blocked the start of international talks on a fissile material cutoff treaty (FMCT) at the 65-member Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva. The treaty would ban the production of fissile materials for weapons purposes; fissile materials, namely plutonium and highly enriched uranium (HEU), are the key ingredients in nuclear weapons. Pakistan has prevented these negotiations despite having accepted last year a CD program of work that included an FMCT.
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Walter Pincus, The Washington Post
It is time to put a little reality into the discussions about nuclear weapons and missile defense in the wake of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, signed April 8 by President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
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Associated Press
A senior adviser said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has approved the location for a new uranium enrichment facility Iran plans to begin building over the next year.
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Siddharth Varadarajan, The Hindu
As the United States and its western allies press ahead with efforts to impose tough penalties on Iran, leaders and officials from two major international groupings – BRIC and IBSA – meeting in Brasilia this week took a contrary view, agreeing that new sanctions would not help resolve the nuclear issue.
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Ben Padley, The Independent
Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth today attacked as "ridiculous" the Liberal Democrats' position over Trident.
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