Nuclear Weapons – Obama, Medvedev Aim to Advance Arms Control Talks, ‘Reset’ Bilateral Ties (Washington Post)

Obama, Medvedev Aim to Advance Arms Control Talks, ‘Reset’ Bilateral Ties (Washington Post)
MOSCOW, June 5 — President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will try to break a deadlock in talks to replace a vital nuclear-arms-control treaty when they meet here Monday, with U.S. missile defense plans and Russian demands for sharper cuts in launchers presenting the key obstacles.

Russia presents test for Obama policies (Pioneer Press)
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama is scheduled to leave Washington tonight on a weeklong trip that will help determine whether his personal popularity and fresh policy approaches can yield concrete results on difficult issues including arms control, missile defense and nuclear nonproliferation.

Biden indicates US would not stop Israel if it decided to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities (Times & Transcript)
President Joe Biden signalled that the Obama administration would not stand in the way if Israel chose to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, even as the top U.S. military officer said any attack on Iran would be destabilizing.

Obama to Meet Russian Leader (Washington Post)
Presidents meet Monday to try to break deadlock in talks to replace nuclear arms control treaty.

Japan welcomes appointment of Japanese as international nuclear watchdog leader (Brandon Sun)
TOKYO – Japan, the only nation to suffer atomic bombings, welcomed the appointment of one of its own to lead the world’s top nuclear watchdog. The mayor of Hiroshima, the southwestern city that suffered the first nuclear attack in 1945, was among those offering congratulatory messages Friday.

Progress expected on U.S.-Russian nuclear arms reduction treaty (Los Angeles Times)
On the eve of Obama’s arrival in Moscow, U.S. officials predict the summit with Medvedev will yield a joint statement on mutual progress toward a new treaty, even as they downplay expectations. Before President Obama had even arrived here for this week’s nuclear arms talks, officials in his administration on Sunday were predicting a joint announcement from him and Russian President Dmitry …

UN nuclear agency chooses veteran Japanese diplomat as its new director general (Sun-Sentinel)
VIENNA (AP) The world’s top nuclear watchdog chose Japan’s Yukiya Amano as its next head on Thursday and he touched on the devastation U.S. atom bombs wreaked on his country in pledging to do his utmost to prevent the spread of nuclear arms.

Nuclear arms treaty high on agenda (BigPond News)
The US expects to see progress that could allow a deal to replace a Cold War-era nuclear arms treaty.

Obama administration expects to make progress in nuclear arms treaty with Russia (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
MOSCOW – The White House said Sunday it expects President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to announce progress in negotiations that could lead to a new nuclear arms control treaty by year’s end.

Opinion: Toward a new security order in Northeast Asia (CNN)
The test of a nuclear device on May 25 and the subsequent test missile-launches by North Korea have jolted the international community into universal condemnation of such flagrant violations of the relevant United Nations resolutions. Even China, North Korea’s traditional ally, has expressed unprecedented firm opposition to such violations and has joined the United Nations Security Council in …

Russia hints it could block nuclear arms deal with US President Barack Obama (Daily Telegraph)
Russia has hinted it could walk away from a proposed nuclear arms deal when Barack Obama visits Moscow.

Biden: Israel has right to deal with nuclear Iran (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
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