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2018
U.S. and Allies Should Hold out for Broad North Korean Declaration and Inspector Access
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
October 11, 2018
Revisiting Kangsong: A Suspect Uranium Enrichment Plant
David Albright, with assistance from Sarah Burkhard
October 2, 2018
Case Study: Fake Defense Contractor Indicted for Exporting Military Related Drawings to Turkey
Hanah Joudi and Andrea Stricker
September 25, 2018
Revisiting Qusayr: Uncertainties Still Abound at Suspect Underground Site in Syria
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Hanah Joudi, and Frank Pabian
September 13, 2018
Institute Statement on the Singapore Summit
Institute for Science and International Security
June 12, 2018
Summary of North Korea’s Known Gas Centrifuge Program
Institute for Science and International Security
June 12, 2018
Commercial Satellite Imagery Analysis for Countering Nuclear Proliferation
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Allison Lach
June 8, 2018
Previously Identified: Iran’s New Centrifuge Assembly Workshop
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 6, 2018
North Korean Reprocessing Campaign May Have Taken Place
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
June 5, 2018
Technical Note on Iran’s Enrichment-Related Notifications to the IAEA
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 5, 2018
Pakistan’s Growing Uranium Enrichment Program
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Frank Pabian
May 30, 2018
Technical Note on a Timeline for North Korean Denuclearization
Institute for Science and International Security
May 29, 2018
On the Question of Another North Korean Centrifuge Plant and the Suspect Kangsong Plant
David Albright
May 25, 2018
Institute Statement on the Dismantlement of Punggye-ri
David Albright
May 25, 2018
New Thermal Power Estimates of the Khushab Nuclear Reactors
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Claire Chopin, and Frank Pabian
May 23, 2018
Thermal Power Plant at the Khushab Plutonium Complex is Nearly Complete
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Claire Chopin, and Frank Pabian
May 23, 2018
Verified Denuclearization of North Korea: Mechanics and Prospects
David Albright
May 14, 2018
Albright presentation
Understanding North Korea’s Nuclear Weapon Capabilities
David Albright
May 9, 2018
Statement Regarding the U.S. Decision to Terminate Participation in the JCPOA
Institute for Science and International Security
May 8, 2018
It Fits! Qom Site Layout
David Albright and Frank Pabian
May 1, 2018
Iran’s Investigation of Possible Underground Nuclear Test Sites in the AMAD Program prior to 2004
Institute for Science and International Security
May 1, 2018
Statement on Inter-Korean Summit
David Albright
April 27, 2018
Correlating a Country’s Economic Output with its Level of Export Controls
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, Bridget Leahy, and Andrea Stricker
April 23, 2018
Chongsu Nuclear-Grade Graphite Production Plant? North Korea may be proliferating controlled nuclear goods
David Albright
April 20, 2018
Continued Monitoring of the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
April 18, 2018
North Korea Continues Expanding Its Reactor Capability for Making Plutonium for Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
April 5, 2018
Case Study: Two Plead Guilty in Pakistan Illicit Procurement Case
Bridget Leahy and Andrea Stricker
March 26, 2018
Iran Nuclear Deal Procurement Channel Update: Is it being bypassed?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
March 26, 2018
Is the facility at Qusayr, Syria an underground nuclear facility? Public Evidence remains inconclusive
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian
March 21, 2018
Sudan/Russian Nuclear Power Cooperation Poses Proliferation Risks
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, Bridget Leahy, and Andrea Stricker
March 13, 2018
52 Countries Involved in Violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea throughout most of 2017
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
March 9, 2018
On-Going Monitoring of Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, and Allison Lach
February 13, 2018
Evidence that the Yongbyon 5 Megawatt-Electric Reactor Remains Operational
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
February 2, 2018
Peddling Peril Index (PPI) for 2017
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
January 31, 2018
Washington Post op-ed: Europe’s best chance on Iran could soon evaporate
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
January 3, 2018
2017
Countries Involved in Violating UNSC Resolutions on North Korea
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
December 5, 2017
Analysis of the IAEA’s Eighth Iran Nuclear Deal Report: The JCPOA two years after Adoption Day
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 13, 2017
Note on the Question of Iran/North Korean Cooperation
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
October 16, 2017
Most Nuclear Ban Treaty Proponents are Lagging in Implementing Sound Export Control Legislation
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Andrea Stricker
September 27, 2017
Transfer of Firearms on U.S. Control Lists Raises Proliferation, Terrorism Concerns
Andrea Stricker and David Albright
September 25, 2017
Update on Iran’s Compliance with the JCPOA Nuclear Limits- Iran’s Centrifuge Breakage Problem: Accidental Compliance
David Albright
September 21, 2017
Strengthening the Counter-Illicit Nuclear Trade Regime in the Face of New Threats: A Two-Year Review of Proliferation Threats Associated with the Middle East
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Sarah Burkhard, and Erica Wenig
September 12, 2017
Khushab Update
Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian[1]
September 7, 2017
Case Study: United States Levies Civil Suits Against Chinese and Russian Entities for Helping North Korea Bust Financial and Nonproliferation Sanctions
Andrea Stricker
September 7, 2017
Analysis of the IAEA’s Seventh Iran Nuclear Deal Report: Still Little Detail and Potential Verification Problems
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 1, 2017
Verifying Section T of the Iran Nuclear Deal: Iranian Military Site Access Essential to JCPOA Section T Verification
David Albright and Olli Heinonen[1]
August 31, 2017
Nuclear Infrastructure and Proliferation Risks of the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Egypt
Sarah Burkhard, Erica Wenig, David Albright, and Andrea Stricker
August 25, 2017
Revisiting Parchin: With plenty of evidence of past Iranian nuclear weapons activity at Parchin, the IAEA needs to revisit the site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Olli Heinonen,[1] Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian[2]
August 21, 2017
Status of the Iran Nuclear Deal’s Procurement Channel
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
August 16, 2017
Potential Nuclear Weapons-Related Military Area in Baluchistan, Pakistan
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Frank Pabian
August 10, 2017
North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities: A Fresh Look - with Power Point Slides
David Albright
August 9, 2017
Power Point download
Cobalt 60 Sources in Mosul: Recovery and Lessons for the Future July 22, 2017
Enforcing the Iran Nuclear Deal More Effectively and Holistically ; A Response to Recent Analysis by IISS
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 16, 2017
A Freeze of North Korea’s Nuclear Program: Finding a Definition More Fitting of Today’s Reality
David Albright
June 13, 2017
Analysis of the IAEA’s Sixth Iran Nuclear Deal Report: A Return to More Limited Data
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 5, 2017
Is Iran Mass Producing Advanced Gas Centrifuge Components? Can we even know with the way the Iran deal has been structured and implemented so far?
David Albright and Olli Heinonen
May 30, 2017
WSJ op-ed: Trump Tries a ‘Waive-and-Slap’ Approach to Tehran
Mark Dubowitz and David Albright
May 17, 2017
U.S. Export Control Reform: Impacts and Implications for Controlling the Export of Proliferation-Sensitive Goods and Technologies, A Policy Document for the New President and Congress
Andrea Stricker with David Albright
May 17, 2017
Case Study: U.S. Man Indicted in Larger Iranian Financial Sanctions Busting Scheme
Andrea Stricker
May 3, 2017
North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities: A Fresh Look
David Albright
April 28, 2017
Shenyang Machine Tools Company
David Albright
April 13, 2017
Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Ambitions and Proliferation Risks
Sarah Burkhard, Erica Wenig, David Albright, and Andrea Stricker
March 30, 2017
Case Study: Guilty Plea for Charge of Exporting Metallic Powder to Iran
Andrea Stricker
March 23, 2017
North Korea’s Lithium 6 Production for Nuclear Weapons
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Mark Gorwitz, and Allison Lach
March 17, 2017
Analysis of the IAEA’s Fifth Iran Nuclear Deal Report
David Albright and Andrea Stricker*
March 3, 2017
Comment on New Joint Commission Decision to Address Iran’s Hold Up Material at the EUPP
David Albright
January 12, 2017
2016
Heavy Water Loophole in the Iran Deal
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
December 21, 2016
Case Study: Two Arrested in Iranian Aircraft Parts Trafficking Scheme, Result of U.S. Sting Operation
Andrea Stricker
December 7, 2016
Case Study: Four Turkish Nationals Indicted for Making Illicit U.S. Financial Transactions
Andrea Stricker
November 30, 2016
Analysis of the IAEA’s Fourth Iran Deal Report: Time of Change
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 15, 2016
Press Release: New Book on South Africa’s Nuclear Program September 30, 2016
September 2016: Monitoring Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Sarah Burkhard, Allison Lach, and Samta Savla
September 20, 2016
Analysis of the IAEA’s Third Iran Deal Report: Filling in Missing Details
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 9, 2016
In Response to Reactions over our JCPOA Exemptions Paper
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 6, 2016
JCPOA Exemptions Revealed
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 1, 2016
Iran’s Long-Term Centrifuge Enrichment Plan: Providing Needed Transparency
Institute for Science and International Security
August 2, 2016
North Korea’s Suspect, Former Small-Scale Enrichment Plant
David Albright
July 21, 2016
Previously Sanctioned Iranian Entities Doing Business in China
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
July 7, 2016
Iranian Atomic Energy Organization Attempted Carbon Fiber Procurement
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
July 7, 2016
Parchin: Will the IAEA Verify the Absence of Nuclear Weapons Activities in Iran?
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker
June 20, 2016
Plutonium, Tritium, and Highly Enriched Uranium Production at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site North Korea’s nuclear arsenal may be growing significantly
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
June 14, 2016
IAEA’s Second JCPOA Report: Key Information Still Missing May 31, 2016
Update on Iran’s Stocks of 3.5 Percent Low Enriched Uranium, Rev. 1 May 27, 2016
May 2016: Monitoring Activities at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 27, 2016
State Department’s Questionable Testimony on U.S. Heavy Water Purchase from Iran
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
May 26, 2016
Update on Iran’s Stocks of 3.5 Percent Low Enriched Uranium
David Albright
May 23, 2016
U.S. Purchase of Iran’s Heavy Water: Encouraging a Dangerous Nuclear Supplier
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
May 23, 2016
Case Study: Nuclear Traffickers Conspired to Procure High Speed Cameras
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
May 19, 2016
April 2016: Monitoring Activities at Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 29, 2016
Minor Activity at North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 25, 2016
The Iran Nuclear Deal’s Procurement Channel: Overcoming Post-Implementation Day Issues
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
April 21, 2016
Correlating the Operation of the Coal Plant to Reprocessing Activities at Yongbyon
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 15, 2016
Government Official Raises Concern about Plutonium Separation at Yongbyon
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 5, 2016
March 2016: Movement at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
March 23, 2016
North Korea’s IRT Reactor: Has it Restarted? Is it Safe?
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
March 9, 2016
Monitoring Developments at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
March 4, 2016
Khushab Reactors Operational While New Construction Progresses
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 29, 2016
IAEA’s First Post-Implementation Day Report: Key Information Missing
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker
February 26, 2016
Parchin after Implementation Day: When Will the IAEA Go?
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 17, 2016
Update on North Korea’s Reactors, Enrichment Plant, and Possible Isotope Separation Facility
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 1, 2016
Implementation Day Report
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
January 17, 2016
Update of Key Activities at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
January 13, 2016
From the Sky: North Korea’s 2016 Nuclear Test
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker
January 7, 2016
North Korea’s 2016 Nuclear Test
By David Albright
January 6, 2016
2015
Making Sense of Iran’s Stocks of 3.5 and Near 20 percent LEU
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 23, 2015
Taking Stock of Iran’s Near 20 Percent LEU
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 14, 2015
JCPOA Procurement Channel: Architecture and Issues
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
December 11, 2015
Power Point download
Plutonium & Highly Enriched Uranium, 2015 - Tables December 9, 2015
Plutonium & Highly Enriched Uranium, 2015 - Charts
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 9, 2015
Analysis of the IAEA’s Report on the PMD of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 8, 2015
Parchin in the IAEA’s Final Assessment on the PMD to Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 3, 2015
Initial Reactions to the IAEA’s PMD Report
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 2, 2015
Israel’s Military Plutonium Inventory
David Albright
November 20, 2015
Highly Enriched Uranium Inventories in South Africa Status as of end of 2014
David Albright
November 20, 2015
Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, and Daniel Schnur
November 19, 2015
ISIS estimates of civil plutonium stocks worldwide as of the end of 2014.
Civil Plutonium Stocks Worldwide End of 2014
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Daniel Schnur
November 16, 2015
Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium Inventories, 2015 November 16, 2015
Addressing the Military Dimensions of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker
November 4, 2015
Military Highly Enriched Uranium and Plutonium Stocks in Acknowledged Nuclear Weapon States
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
November 3, 2015
India’s Stocks of Civil and Military Plutonium and Highly Enriched Uranium, End 2014
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
November 2, 2015
Pakistan’s Inventory of Weapon-Grade Uranium and Plutonium Dedicated to Nuclear Weapons
David Albright
October 19, 2015
Civil HEU Watch: Tracking Inventories of Civil Highly Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
October 7, 2015
North Korean Plutonium and Weapon-Grade Uranium Inventories
By David Albright
October 7, 2015
Daesh Hype about Stealing Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Sarah Burkhard
October 2, 2015
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 28, 2015
IAEA Visit to the Parchin Site
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
September 22, 2015
Additional Taiwan-Based Element of Iranian Military Goods Procurement Network Exposed
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Daniel Schnur, and Sarah Burkhard
September 16, 2015
Update on North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
September 15, 2015
Parchin Site Update and Debate
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
September 11, 2015
Preliminary Assessment of the JCPOA Procurement Channel
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
August 31, 2015
ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, and Daniel Schnur
August 28, 2015
Breakout Timelines Under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
David Albright, Houston Wood, and Andrea Stricker
August 18, 2015
Flawed Analysis by Robert Kelley in IHS Jane’s 360
Institute for Science and International Security
August 13, 2015
Construction Continues at Pakistan’s Khushab Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
August 12, 2015
WP Op-Ed: What Iran’s Hostile Reaction to the Parchin Issue Means for the Nuclear Deal
David Albright
August 10, 2015
Satellite Imagery Does Not Support Iranian Road Work Claim at Parchin
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker
August 7, 2015
Renewed Activity at the Parchin Site in Iran
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
August 5, 2015
ISIS Analysis of JCPOA (Verification and Heavy Water Reactor Restrictions)
Institute for Science and International Security
July 28, 2015
ISIS Analysis of JCPOA (LEU Cap, Civil Nuclear Benefits, JCPOA Fundamental Goal)
Institute for Science and International Security
July 22, 2015
ISIS Analysis of JCPOA (LEU Stocks, Plutonium Pathway, and PMD)
Institute for Science and International Security
July 21, 2015
On-Going Debate Over Iran’s Newly Produced LEU Hexafluoride
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
July 3, 2015
Resolving the IAEA’s PMD Concerns Concretely Prior to the Lifting of Key Sanctions
David Albright
July 2, 2015
Iran’s Newly Produced Low Enriched Uranium Hexafluoride: Not Fully Converted
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Andrea Stricker
July 1, 2015
Syria’s Unresolved Nuclear Issues Reemerge in Wake of ISIL Advance and Ongoing Civil War
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Sarah Burkhard
June 30, 2015
The U.S. Fact Sheet’s Missing Part: Iran’s Near 20 Percent LEU Updated June 5, 2015 with new IAEA data
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
June 5, 2015
State Department Explanation of Iran’s Newly Produced 3.5 Percent Enriched Uranium Falls Short
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
June 5, 2015
Iran’s Stock of Less than Five Percent Low Enriched Uranium June 2015 Update
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
June 2, 2015
ISIS’s Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report May 29, 2015
Parchin: A Pre-Comprehensive Agreement Update
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 26, 2015
New Construction at Pakistan’s Khushab Nuclear Site
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 19, 2015
Case Study: Skilled Procurement Ring Charged in Illegally Obtaining Goods for Iran
By Christopher Coughlin and Andrea Stricker
May 5, 2015
The U.S. Fact Sheet’s Missing Parts: Iran’s Near 20 Percent LEU
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 4, 2015
Yongbyon: A Better Insight into the Status of the 5MWe Reactor
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 29, 2015
Comments on the April 20, 2015 IAEA Report on the Status of Iran’s Compliance with the JPA
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 22, 2015
ISIS Note: Why Access to Iranian Military Sites Matters in a Long-Term Deal
Christopher Coughlin
April 13, 2015
P5+1/Iran Framework: Needs Strengthening
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Houston Wood
April 11, 2015
Updates to ISIS Illicit Trade Case Studies
Christopher Coughlin and Andrea Stricker
April 1, 2015
Preventing Proliferation Assistance between Iran and other Proliferant States or Entities
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
March 30, 2015
Future Directions in the DPRK’S Nuclear Weapons Program: Three Scenarios for 2020
David Albright
February 26, 2015
Pakistan’s Chashma Plutonium Separation Plant: Possibly Operational
By David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 20, 2015
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
By David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, Paulina Izewicz, and Daniel Schnur
February 20, 2015
ISIS’s initial findings from the Iran safeguards report
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, Paulina Izewicz, and Daniel Schnur
February 19, 2015
Modifications at the Parchin Site: A Comprehensive Timeline; New Imagery Suggests Re-Asphalting
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Christopher Coughlin
February 11, 2015
Pakistan’s Fourth Reactor at Khushab Now Appears Operational
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
January 16, 2015
2014
Case Study: Iranian Illicit Financing for Quds Force’s Overseas Purchases
David Albright and Jack Dishner
December 17, 2014
Update on IR-5 Centrifuge Issue: Taking Stock
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
December 16, 2014
Stopping Iran’s Illicit Nuclear Procurement
Ian J. Stewart and Andrea Stricker
December 12, 2014
Iran’s Stock of near 20 Percent LEU under the Extension of the Joint Plan of Action
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, and Andrea Stricker
December 8, 2014
Yongbyon: Monitoring Activities during Shutdown of 5 MW Reactor
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 5, 2014
Update on Iran’s Stock of Less than Five Percent Low Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
November 24, 2014
Analysis of Status of Iran’s Compliance with the Joint Plan of Action
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, and Andrea Stricker
November 24, 2014
Provisions to Limit Future Iranian Illicit Procurements for Its Nuclear Programs
David Albright and Olli Heinonen
November 20, 2014
A Note on Iran’s IR-5 Centrifuge Feeding
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 20, 2014
ISIS Note: Further Questions on Sanctioned North Korean Entity
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 19, 2014
Revisiting Iran’s Stock of Near 20 Percent LEU
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
November 18, 2014
Evaluating Iran’s Stock of Less than Five Percent Low Enriched Uranium
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
November 18, 2014
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
November 7, 2014
Initial Reaction to IAEA Safeguards Report
Intitute for Science and International Security
November 7, 2014
Covering all the Iran Nuclear Breakout Paths in the P5+1 Negotiations
David Albright
November 6, 2014
A New Approach to Resolve Military Aspects of Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Olli Heinonen
November 5, 2014
Event: Albright, Perkovich, Pletka on Iran October 24, 2014
Update on Alleged Explosion at Parchin Military Complex
David Albright, Joseph S. Bermudez Jr., and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
October 21, 2014
ISIS Response to South Korean Foreign Minister’s Comments on Yongbyon
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
October 10, 2014
Finding the Site of the Alleged Explosion at the Parchin Military Complex
David Albright, Joseph Bermudez, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Stephen Wood
October 9, 2014
Yongbyon: Centrifuge Enrichment Plant Expands while 5 MWe Reactor is Possibly Shut Down
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
October 4, 2014
Technical Note: Making Sense out of the IR-8 Centrifuge
David Albright
September 23, 2014
Technical Note: Making Sense out of Iran’s Offers to Cut its SWUs
David Albright
September 23, 2014
Compendium of ISIS’s Reports and Recommendations on the P5+1/Iran Long-Term Deal Negotiations
Institute for Science and International Security
September 22, 2014
Iran Admits Illegally Acquiring Goods for its Nuclear Programs
David Albright, Daniel Schnur, and Andrea Stricker
September 10, 2014
Advisory: United States Enforces Existing Sanctions against Key Iranian Company
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 9, 2014
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
September 5, 2014
Update on Parchin: A Necessary Piece of a Comprehensive Nuclear Deal
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Andrea Stricker, and Daniel Schnur
September 3, 2014
Needless Collateral Damage
Institute for Science and International Security
September 2, 2014
Centrifuge Research and Development Limitations in Iran
Institute for Science and International Security
August 29, 2014
Activities Detected at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, William Baker, and Won Gi You
August 6, 2014
Time is Short for Iran to Address IAEA’s Nuclear Weapon Concerns
Institute for Science and International Security
August 1, 2014
Iran’s Near 20 Percent Stock: Status and Need to Reduce Size
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
July 31, 2014
“The Six’s” Guiding Principles in Negotiating with Iran
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker
July 22, 2014
India’s New Uranium Enrichment Plant in Karnataka
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
July 1, 2014
Iranian Breakout Study Drastically Overestimates Time to Nuclear Weapon
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 17, 2014
Comments on the Princeton Group’s Proposal on Iran: Appendix 1 Centrifuge R&D Limitations June 12, 2014
Comments on the Princeton Group’s Proposal on Iran
ISIS
June 12, 2014
In Response to Gareth Porter’s Ridiculous Attack
David Albright
June 9, 2014
Five Compromises to Avoid in a Comprehensive Agreement with Iran
David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Andrea Stricker
June 3, 2014
Spin, Spin, Spin
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
May 27, 2014
ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Paulina Izewicz, Andrea Stricker, and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 23, 2014
Making Iran Come Clean About Its Nukes
David Albright and Bruno Tertrais
May 15, 2014
Parchin: Resolution Urgent
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
May 12, 2014
On-going Activity at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim
May 10, 2014
Case Study- Serial Proliferator Karl Li: China’s Continued Refusal to Act
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Donald Stewart
May 8, 2014
North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site: Activities Continue on May Day 2014
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim
May 2, 2014
Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site (revised May 1, 2014)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim
May 1, 2014
Case Study: Chinese Citizen’s Involvement in the Supply of MKS Pressure Transducers to Iran Preventing a Reoccurrence
Ian J. Stewart, Andrea Stricker, and David Albright
April 30, 2014
Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site April 29, 2014 (revised April 30, 2014, am)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim
April 30, 2014
Activities Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Test Site (revised April 30)
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, and Priscilla Kim
April 30, 2014
Case Study- Suspicious Advertisements for High Quality Maraging Steel The question of Electrovek Steel’s Farsi language web site
David Albright, Serena Kelleher-Vergantini, Donald Stewart, and Andrea Stricker
April 28, 2014
Monitoring North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 26, 2014
Case Study- Canada Prosecutes Company for Possible Nuclear Related Export to Iran
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
April 24, 2014
Monitoring Activity at Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
April 23, 2014
Olli Heinonen on Iran’s implementation of the JPA
Olli Heinonen
March 25, 2014
Update on Iran’s Total Near 20 Percent Enriched Uranium Stock
David Albright, Patrick Migliorini, Christina Walrond, and Houston Wood
March 11, 2014
The Iran Primer- Centrifuges: Key to Final Nuclear Deal
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
March 10, 2014
Case Study - Chinese National Sought High-Strength Carbon Fiber for China
Donald Stewart and Andrea Stricker
March 5, 2014
Changes Visible at Parchin Nuclear Site Why Parchin Matters to a Final Deal
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 25, 2014
Update on Lashkar Ab’ad: Iran’s Laser Enrichment Capabilities
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
February 24, 2014
Iran’s Centrifuge Research and Development Program: Revised
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
February 24, 2014
Additional Centrifuge Plants: Update
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
February 24, 2014
ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker
February 20, 2014
Maintaining a Six-Month Breakout Timeline in Iran
David Albright, Patrick Migliorini, Christina Walrond, and Houston Wood
February 17, 2014
Exploding Bridge Wire Issue: A Crack in the Door?
David Albright
February 12, 2014
Case Study - U.S. Busts Iranian Smuggling Scheme Involving a Nuclear-Related Good
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
January 31, 2014
Iran’s Centrifuge Research and Development Program
David Albright and Paulina Izewicz
January 27, 2014
Defining Iranian Nuclear Programs in a Comprehensive Solution
ISIS
January 21, 2014
Update on Fordow Centrifuge Site: Future Uncertain
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
January 13, 2014
2013
Further Construction Progress on the Fourth Heavy Water Reactor at Khushab Nuclear Site
Serena Kelleher-Vergantini and Robert Avagyan
December 20, 2013
No Significant Changes Visible at Parchin Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 10, 2013
Increased Activity at the Yongbyon Nuclear Site
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 5, 2013
Construction Finishing of Likely New Indian Centrifuge Facility at Rare Materials Plant Efforts to Build a Larger Centrifuge Complex Encounter Opposition
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
December 4, 2013
Iran’s Negotiating Track with the IAEA
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 26, 2013
The Rocky Path to a Long-Term Settlement with Iran
David Albright
November 25, 2013
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker
November 15, 2013
Determining the Irreducible Elements of an Interim Agreement with Iran: A Freeze Plus
ISIS
November 5, 2013
Case Study - Getting to the Core: United States Charges Iranian with Missile Export Violations
Andrea Stricker
November 4, 2013
Iranian Breakout Estimates - Summary
Patrick Migliorini, David Albright, Houston Wood, and Christina Walrond
October 24, 2013
Iranian Breakout Estimates, Updated September 2013
Patrick Migliorini, David Albright, Houston Wood, and Christina Walrond
October 24, 2013
In Response to Recent Questionable Claims about North Korea’s Indigenous Production of Centrifuges
David Albright and Olli Heinonen*
October 18, 2013
David Albright’s Testimony on Iran before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
David Albright
October 3, 2013
Future World of Illicit Nuclear Trade: Mitigating the Threat
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Houston Wood
October 1, 2013
An Appeal to Iran
David Albright and Christina Walrond
September 19, 2013
Myanmar to Sign Additional Protocol
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 16, 2013
Misleading Statement on Iran’s 20 Percent Low Enriched Uranium Conversion
David Albright and Christina Walrond
September 13, 2013
Syria’s Past, Secret Nuclear Program Poses Proliferation Risks
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
September 13, 2013
Steam Venting from Building Adjacent to 5MWe Reactor: Likely Related to Reactor Restart
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
September 11, 2013
North Korean Yongbyon nuclear center, August 31, 2013
Institute for Science and International Security
August 31, 2013
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker
August 28, 2013
Quick Reaction to IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran August 28, 2013
Update on the Parchin Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
August 22, 2013
Recent Doubling of Floor Space at North Korean Gas Centrifuge Plant : Is North Korea doubling its enrichment capacity at Yongbyon?
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
August 7, 2013
Modeling Iran’s Tandem Cascade Configuration for Uranium Enrichment by Gas Centrifuge
William C. Witt, Patrick Migliorini, David Albright, Houston Wood
July 31, 2013
Critical Capability
David Albright and Christina Walrond
July 30, 2013
Lashkar Ab’ad: Iran’s Unexplained Laser Enrichment Capabilities
David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
July 29, 2013
Iran’s Critical Capability in 2014: Verifiably Stopping Iran from Increasing the Number and Quality of its Centrifuges
David Albright and Christina Walrond
July 17, 2013
Update on the Arak Reactor
David Albright and Christina Walrond
July 15, 2013
Myanmar Government Must Close Down Military Ties with North Korea
Andrea Stricker and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini
July 5, 2013
Can Rouhani Deliver a Nuclear Deal? Can he be Trusted?
Meredith Tull and Andrea Stricker
June 19, 2013
Burma Reiterates its “No-Nuclear-Weapons” Commitment
Serena Kelleher-Vergantini and Andrea Stricker
May 24, 2013
Case Study - United States Busts Likely North Korean Transshipment Scheme
Andrea Stricker
May 24, 2013
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report of May 22, 2013
David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker
May 22, 2013
Iran Laying Asphalt at the Suspect Parchin Site May 22, 2013
Stopping an Undetectable Iranian Bomb
David Albright, Mark Dubowitz, and Orde Kittrie
March 27, 2013
Preventing the Suppression of Uncomfortable Truths on Iran’s Nuclear Program
David Albright
March 7, 2013
Basic Attack Strategy of Stuxnet 0.5 rev. 1
the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
February 28, 2013
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
by David Albright, Christina Walrond, Andrea Stricker, and Robert Avagyan
February 21, 2013
Flawed Bloomberg Article on Iran Nuclear Sanctions
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
February 20, 2013
Ring Magnets for IR-1 Centrifuges
David Albright
February 13, 2013
North Korean Miniaturization
David Albright
February 13, 2013
ISIS Statement on North Korean Nuclear Test
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
February 12, 2013
Monitoring Activity at Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site*
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
February 3, 2013
Day after Alleged Sabotage at Fordow: Hardly the Expected Emergency Response
David Albright, Robert Avagyan and Andrea Stricker
January 30, 2013
Taking Stock and Moving Forward on the Issue of the Parchin High Explosives Test Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
January 25, 2013
Case Study - Chinese Salesman Arrested in Pressure Transducer Case
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
January 18, 2013
Steering Iran Away from Building Nuclear Weapons
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
January 16, 2013
U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East
David Albright,, Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie, Leonard Spector and Michael Yaffe
January 14, 2013
Executive Summary - U.S. Nonproliferation Strategy for the Changing Middle East
David Albright,, Mark Dubowitz, Orde Kittrie, Leonard Spector and Michael Yaffe
January 14, 2013
Press Release - Project on U.S. Middle East Nonproliferation Strategy January 14, 2013
2012
The AP Graphs: A Preliminary Discussion
David Albright
December 19, 2012
Update on Ongoing Construction at the Parchin High Explosive Test Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
December 12, 2012
Significant Changes Made to Parchin High Explosives Test Site, Further Activity Likely November 29, 2012
Understanding the IAEA’s Mandate in Iran: Avoiding Misinterpretations
By David Albright, Olli Heinonen, and Orde Kittrie
November 27, 2012
In Positive Move, Burma to Sign Additional Protocol
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 19, 2012
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report
by David Albright, Christina Walrond, and Andrea Stricker
November 16, 2012
Aiding the Physics Research Center’s Overseas Procurements: Role of Applied Science Co. and Akebono Boeki Co. November 15, 2012
Appendix: Applied Science Telexes November 15, 2012
Comments on Wall Street Journal Editorial and Our Breakout Estimates*
David Albright, Christina Walrond, William Witt, and Houston Wood
October 30, 2012
United States Prosecutes U.S.-Based Smuggler Working for Iran
Andrea Stricker
October 26, 2012
Closing the Tinners’ Swiss Criminal Case*
David Albright and Michael Rietz**
October 26, 2012
Discouraging Any Iranian Decision to Produce Highly Enriched Uranium
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
October 25, 2012
Challenges Posed by North Korea’s Weapon-Grade Uranium and Weapon-Grade Plutonium
David Albright and Christina Walrond
October 24, 2012
Parchin High Explosives Test Site Activity Still Ongoing
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
October 17, 2012
Iran’s Evolving Breakout Potential
William C. Witt, Christina Walrond, David Albright and Houston Wood
October 8, 2012
Revisiting Danilenko and the Explosive Chamber at Parchin: A Review Based on Open Sources
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
September 17, 2012
Revisiting Vyacheslav Danilenko: His Origins in the Soviet Nuclear Weapons Complex
Mark Gorwitz
September 17, 2012
V. V. Danilenko’s Expertise in Explosive Chambers: Translated Selections from the 2003 Book
Robert Avagyan
September 17, 2012
Time for Action on Iran at IAEA Board of Governors Meeting
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
September 11, 2012
Hypocritical Non-Aligned Movement communiqué supports Iran’s continued nuclear stonewalling
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Andrew Ortendahl
September 7, 2012
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report from August 30, 2012
David Albright, Christina Walrond, Andrea Stricker, and Robert Avagyan
August 30, 2012
Iran’s heading of the Non-Aligned Movement: Lead up to more confrontation?
Andrew Ortendahl and Andrea Stricker
August 29, 2012
New Phase of Suspect Activity at Parchin Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
August 24, 2012
Support the Reformist Call for a National Referendum over Iran’s Nuclear Program
Lyle Bacaltos and Andrea Stricker
August 20, 2012
North Korea’s Estimated Stocks of Plutonium and Weapon-Grade Uranium
David Albright and Christina Walrond
August 16, 2012
British Bank Accused of Doing Massive Illegal Iran Business: Settles with New York Authorities
Andrea Stricker
August 15, 2012
Update on North Korean Light Water Reactor Construction Project
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
August 14, 2012
Major U.S. Sting Operation Arrests Iranian in Nuclear Smuggling Network
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
August 10, 2012
Potential Change in Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa?
Lyle Bacaltos
August 2, 2012
Cleanup Activity at Suspected Parchin Test Site Appears Complete: Site Considerably Altered
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
August 1, 2012
Activity at Parchin Explosive Testing Site Continues: Time Running Out for a Sound IAEA Inspection
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
July 2, 2012
Suspected Clean-Up Activity Continues at Parchin Military Complex: Considerable Dirt Movement Near Suspect Building
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
June 20, 2012
Iranian Production of 19.75 Percent Enriched Uranium: Beyond Its Realistic Needs
David Albright and Christina Walrond
June 15, 2012
Déjà vu at Fordow? What are Iran’s enrichment plans?
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
June 4, 2012
Is Iran Building a Third Enrichment Plant?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 4, 2012
Further Activity at Suspected Parchin Explosive Testing Complex: Two Small Buildings Razed
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
May 30, 2012
ISIS Analysis of the May 25, 2012 IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Production of 3.5% Enriched Uranium Increases Significantly; Iran Continues to Increase its Stock of 19.75% LEU; Rapid Installation of Large Numbers of IR-1 Centrifuge Outer Casings Not a Prelude to Dramatically Increased Centrifuge Deployment at Natanz or Fordow; Advanced Centrifuge Program Still Troubled But Makes Some Progress
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
May 25, 2012
Construction Progressing Rapidly on the Fourth Heavy Water Reactor at the Khushab Nuclear Site
David Albright and Robert Avagyan
May 21, 2012
The Physics Research Center Telexes: New ISIS Studies and Findings
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 16, 2012
Iranian Smuggling for Military Nuclear Programs: From Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group to the PHRC
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 16, 2012
Telexes: Front Company Kala Naft
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 16, 2012
Telexes: Amir Kabir University and Dr. Shahmoradi
David Albright
May 16, 2012
The Telexes: Whole Body Counters and the Physics Research Center
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 16, 2012
Case Study - U.S. Company Charged with Pressure Transducer Sales: Who Were the End Users? May 14, 2012
Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Responds to Evidence of New Activity at Parchin Site May 11, 2012
Opening the Door to a Solution with Iran
David Albright and Olli Heinonen*
May 9, 2012
New Satellite Image Shows Activity at Parchin Site in Iran
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 8, 2012
Case of Three Tinners Set for Trial: Plea Deal Expected April 25, 2012
Internal IAEA information links the Supreme Leader to 1984 decision to seek a nuclear arsenal April 20, 2012
Media Matters’ Faulty Report on Broadcast Media April 19, 2012
Satellite Imagery of North Korean Nuclear Test Site Shows Growth in Pile of Material Near Test Shaft ; Unclear if Nuclear Test Will Follow
Paul Brannan
April 10, 2012
A Freeze Today, Not in the Future, to Iran’s 20 Percent Enrichment
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond
April 10, 2012
Early Satellite Image Shows Foundation for High Explosive Test Chamber at Parchin Site in Iran: What was the Chamber for?
David Albright and Paul Brannan
April 10, 2012
U.S. Intelligence Estimates and the Iranian Nuclear Program
David Albright and Paul Brannan
April 9, 2012
The New National Intelligence Estimate on Iran: A Step in the Right Direction
David Albright and Paul Brannan
March 22, 2012
Department 70 and the Physics Research Center: Extensive Interest in Nuclear Fuel Cycle Technologies
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Mark Gorwitz, and Andrew Ortendahl
March 19, 2012
Appendix for Department 70 March 15, 2012
Communication Dated 2 March 2012 received from the Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Agency, GOV/INF/2012/4 March 15, 2012
Satellite Image of Building Which Contains a High Explosive Test Chamber at the Parchin Site in Iran
David Albright and Paul Brannan
March 13, 2012
Light Water Reactor Construction Progressing at Yongbyon Nuclear Site March 5, 2012
Preventing Iran From Getting Nuclear Weapons: Constraining Its Future Nuclear Options
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker, Christina Walrond, and Houston Wood
March 5, 2012
The Physics Research Center and Iran’s Parallel Military Nuclear Program
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
February 23, 2012
PHRC telex appendix February 23, 2012
No Obama Letter to Iran? January 20, 2012
Reality Check: Shorter and Shorter Timeframe if Iran Decides to Make Nuclear Weapons Rev.1
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker and Andrew Ortendahl
January 18, 2012
Pakistani Man Sentenced to Prison in U.S. Export Violation Case January 11, 2012
2011
Burma’s Nuclear Aspirations: Less Reason Now for Concern - But Burma should sign the Additional Protocol and answer questions about its ties to North Korea
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
December 12, 2011
No Visible Evidence of Explosion at Esfahan Nuclear Site; Adjacent Facility Razed December 8, 2011
Rendering Useless South Africa’s Nuclear Test Shafts in the Kalahari Desert
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Zachary Laporte, Katherine Tajer, and Christina Walrond
November 30, 2011
Vyacheslav Danilenko – Background, Research, and Proliferation Concerns
Mark Gorwitz
November 29, 2011
Satellite Image Showing Damage from November 12, 2011 Blast at Military Base in Iran
Paul Brannan
November 28, 2011
Iran’s Ridiculous Distraction November 18, 2011
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Part II - Iran’s Work and Foreign Assistance on a Multipoint Initiation System for a Nuclear Weapon
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Mark Gorwitz and Andrea Stricker
November 14, 2011
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Part 1 IAEA Details Evidence of Nuclear Weaponization Activities in Violation of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty; Enrichment at Natanz Continues to Stagnate; Three Cascades of IR-1 Centrifuges Installed at Fordow, Low Enriched Uranium Cylinder Moved to Fordow
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
November 8, 2011
Iran Nuclear Issue – Considerations for a Negotiated Outcome
John Carlson
November 4, 2011
Debunking Gregory Jones Again
David Albright and Christina Walrond
October 27, 2011
Iran’s Advanced Centrifuges
David Albright and Christina Walrond
October 19, 2011
Performance of the IR-1 Centrifuge at Natanz
David Albright and Christina Walrond
October 19, 2011
ISIS President David Albright’s Review of Mohamed ElBaradei’s New Book October 13, 2011
New Satellite Imagery of Iranian Nuclear Sites on Google Earth October 11, 2011
Further Construction Progress of Possible New Military Uranium Enrichment Facility in India
Paul Brannan
October 5, 2011
Ahmadinejad Reiterates Willingness to Halt 20 Percent Enrichment September 22, 2011
Determining the purpose of Iran’s growing stock of 19.75 percent enriched uranium : Production should be capped.
David Albright and Christina Walrond
September 21, 2011
Natanz Enrichment Site: Boondoggle or Part of an Atomic Bomb Production Complex?
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
September 21, 2011
Critique of a Recent Breakout Estimate at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant (FEP)*
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond
September 20, 2011
Ahmadinejad and Abbasi-Davani at Odds on Enrichment Claims September 14, 2011
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Safeguards Report on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea from September 2, 2011
David Albright and Paul Brannan
September 2, 2011
ISIS Analysis of the IAEA Iran Safeguards Report from September 2, 2011
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
September 2, 2011
ISIS Analysis Part II: Iran’s Critique of May 24, 2011 IAEA Safeguards Report: More Obfuscation
Andrea Stricker
September 2, 2011
Abbasi-Davani Interview on Iran’s 20 Percent Enrichment August 31, 2011
Two Recent Media Reports to Note on Iran’s Nuclear Program August 29, 2011
Iran Moving Centrifuges to Fordow August 24, 2011
Case Study - Chinese National Charged with Illegal U.S. Exports to Pakistani Nuclear Program
Andrea Stricker
August 23, 2011
Iran’s Critique of May 24, 2011 IAEA Safeguards Report: Arguments Not Based on Facts
Paul Brannan
August 12, 2011
ISIS Analysis of Russian Proposal: Ask Iran to Come Clean on Nuclear Weaponization Before Removing Sanctions August 4, 2011
Iran Confirms Installation of Advanced Centrifuges July 19, 2011
Iran Reportedly Installing Advanced Centrifuges July 15, 2011
Iran to IAEA: Drop Nuclear Weaponization Investigation July 13, 2011
Case Study - IRISL and Affiliates Indicted on Financial Conspiracy Charges
Andrea Stricker
July 8, 2011
Will Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani lead Iran to nuclear weapons? (Rev. 1)
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Stricker
June 24, 2011
Ahmadinejad Announcement Laying Groundwork for Official Policy of Nuclear Ambiguity? June 23, 2011
Iran Signals Continued Delay in Ratifying Nuclear Safety Pact: Is the Bushehr Power Reactor Safe?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 22, 2011
UN Report Cites 2 Unreported Long-Range Iranian Missile Launches June 17, 2011
Additional Construction Activity at Yongbyon Nuclear Site
Paul Brannan
June 10, 2011
IAEA Worried about Ongoing Military Nuclear Work in Iran
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Stricker
June 8, 2011
Moving 20 Percent Enrichment to Fordow: Slow Motion Breakout Continues?
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Stricker
June 8, 2011
Time for Iran to Come Clean and Cooperate With the IAEA
David Albright and Paul Brannan
June 7, 2011
Myanmar Says Halted Nuclear Research Program: Verification Critical
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
June 3, 2011
ISIS Analysis of May 24, 2011 IAEA Safeguards Report on Iran (Revised May 25)
David Albright, Andrea Stricker and Christina Walrond
May 24, 2011
ISIS Analysis of IAEA Report on Syria: IAEA Concludes Syria “Very Likely” Built a Reactor
Paul Brannan
May 24, 2011
Pakistan Doubling Rate of Making Nuclear Weapons: Time for Pakistan to Reverse Course
David Albright and Paul Brannan
May 16, 2011
New Satellite Image of Construction at North Korea Nuclear Site April 27, 2011
European Court of Human Rights Rejects Tinners’ Appeal April 26, 2011
Case Study - Man Charged with Exporting U.S. Goods to Pakistan’s Nuclear Program
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
April 14, 2011
Yadegari Appeal Denied by Canadian Court
Andrea Stricker
April 14, 2011
Technical Note: Revisiting Bomb Reactors in Burma and an Alleged Burmese Nuclear Weapons Program
David Albright and Christina Walrond
April 11, 2011
Statement by the Leader of Myanmar Delegation H.E. U Tin Win to the 53rd Annual Regular Session of the IAEA General Conference April 11, 2011
Characterizing the Crisis at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
David Albright and Christina Walrond
April 1, 2011
Fukushima Crisis: Unmonitored Releases Preliminary Assessment of Accident Sequences and Potential Atmospheric Radiation Releases
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond
March 31, 2011
New March 18 Satellite Image of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site in Japan March 18, 2011
New Satellite Image of Fukushima Nuclear Site From March 17, 2011 March 17, 2011
New Satellite Image of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site in Japan From March 16, 2011 March 16, 2011
ISIS Statement on Events at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site in Japan March 15, 2011
Satellite Image Shows Damage to Reactor Buildings at Fukushima Daiichi Complex After Explosions March 14, 2011
IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Expansion of Natanz Enrichment Plant Lags (Rev. 1) ; LEU Production Not as High as Expected; Iran Readying Advanced Centrifuges for Deployment?
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
February 25, 2011
IAEA Safeguards Report on Syria: Agreement on Homs Site Not Enough to Avoid a Special Inspection
Paul Brannan
February 25, 2011
Satellite Image Shows Suspected Uranium Conversion Plant in Syria
David Albright and Paul Brannan
February 23, 2011
Stuxnet Malware and Natanz: Update of ISIS December 22, 2010 Report
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond
February 16, 2011
Case Study - A Smuggler’s Use of the U.S. Financial System to Receive Illegal Payments from Iran Updated February 11, 2011
Andrea Stricker
February 11, 2011
Case Study - United States Indicts Man behind Alleged Multi-Million Dollar Iranian Smuggling Network
Andrea Stricker
February 11, 2011
Pakistan Appears to be Building a Fourth Military Reactor at the Khushab Nuclear Site
David Albright and Paul Brannan
February 9, 2011
State Department Cables: United States Pressures China over Limmt, to No Avail February 3, 2011
Keeping U.S. Dual-Use Goods out of India’s Nuclear Weapons Program
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
January 26, 2011
Disabling North Korea’s Uranium Enrichment Program
David Albright and Paul Brannan
January 20, 2011
2010
Swiss Judge Recommends Charges against the Tinners December 23, 2010
Did Stuxnet Take Out 1,000 Centrifuges at the Natanz Enrichment Plant? Preliminary Assessment
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond
December 22, 2010
The Tinner Case: Time for a Frank, Open Evaluation
David Albright and Paul Brannan
December 21, 2010
CIA Recruitment of the Three Tinners: A Preliminary Assessment
David Albright and Paul Brannan
December 21, 2010
U.S. Government Keeps Watch over Burma’s Nuclear Program December 14, 2010
State Department Cables: Stopping Iran’s and North Korea’s Illicit Procurement for their Nuclear and Ballistic Missile Programs December 10, 2010
Holding Khan Accountable, An ISIS Statement Accompanying Release of Libya: A Major Sale at Last
David Albright
December 1, 2010
Libya: A Major Sale at Last
David Albright
December 1, 2010
Satellite Image Shows Syrian Site Functionally Related to Al Kibar Reactor
David Albright and Paul Brannan
December 1, 2010
IAEA Safeguards Report on Syria: Cooperation from Syria Worsens, Special Inspection Needed
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
November 23, 2010
IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Shutdown of Enrichment at Natanz Result of Stuxnet Virus? Downgrade in Role of Fordow Enrichment Site; LEU Production May Have Decreased
David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond
November 23, 2010
Satellite Image Shows Building Containing Centrifuges in North Korea
David Albright and Paul Brannan
November 21, 2010
New Satellite Imagery of Yongbyon Shows Construction Progress on Experimental Light Water Reactor November 18, 2010
Stuxnet Worm Targets Automated Systems for Frequency Converters: Are Iranian Centrifuges the Target?
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
November 17, 2010
ProPublica/PBS Investigation Presents Alternate Analysis on Burma Nuclear Evidence November 15, 2010
Avoiding the Legitimization of Iranian Enrichment: Better to Discourage Options Involving the Conversion of Iran’s LEU Stock into Bushehr Reactor Fuel
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
October 27, 2010
Chinese Firms Continue to Evade Iran Sanctions October 19, 2010
Taking Stock: North Korea’s Uranium Enrichment Program
David Albright and Paul Brannan
October 8, 2010
Construction of Third Heavy Water Reactor at Khushab Nuclear Site in Pakistan Progressing
Paul Brannan
October 5, 2010
Comprehensive Piece on Iranian Military Equipment Smuggler and U.S. Sting Operation October 5, 2010
What is North Korea building in the area of the destroyed cooling tower? It bears watching.
David Albright and Paul Brannan
September 30, 2010
Guidelines for the Management of Plutonium (INFCIRC/549): Background and Declarations September 17, 2010
Civil Separated Plutonium in the INFCIRC/549 States – Taking Stock
David Albright and Christina Walrond
September 17, 2010
Global Fissile Material Stock Charts September 16, 2010
ISIS Analysis of New Covert Uranium Enrichment Plant Construction Claims September 9, 2010
IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Iran Degrading Safeguards Effectiveness September 6, 2010
IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: Iran Degrading Safeguards Effectiveness; Low Enriched Uranium Production Holds Steady
David Albright and Paul Brannan; Charts prepared by Christina Walrond
September 6, 2010
If Not Now, When? Time for an IAEA Special Inspection in Syria
David Albright and Paul Brannan
September 6, 2010
Technical Note: Iran Recycles the Tails in the Production of 19.75 Percent Uranium August 6, 2010
Case Study - Yadegari Sentenced to 20 Months Plus Time Served ; Worked for Procurement Ring that Supplied Iran’s Enrichment Program
Andrea Stricker
August 2, 2010
What is Iran’s competence in operating centrifuges?
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Stricker
July 26, 2010
Case Study - Update: New Charges for Irish Company Suspected of Military Exports to Iran
Andrea Stricker
July 16, 2010
After the 2010 NPT Review Conference: Advancing the Non-Proliferation Pillar
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
July 15, 2010
Case Study - U.S. Company Faces Penalties for Alleged Nuclear Export Attempts to India, Israel
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
July 14, 2010
Has Iran initiated a slow motion breakout to a nuclear weapon?
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Stricker
July 12, 2010
New Satellite Image of Chashma Nuclear Site in Pakistan July 9, 2010
Man Suspected of Illicit Nuclear Trade to Iran Found Guilty July 6, 2010
Eli Lake’s New Report and the Inadvertent Conflation of Sources About the Notorious Tinner Family July 2, 2010
New Der Spiegel Article on Iran’s Nuclear Program June 21, 2010
Taking Stock of the Production of 19.75 Percent Uranium at the PFEP
by David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Jacqueline Shire
June 11, 2010
India Expanding Military Nuclear Site
Paul Brannan
June 2, 2010
IAEA Iran Report: Enrichment Increases Slightly; Lack of Adequate Safeguards
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
Charts prepared by Christina Walrond
May 31, 2010
Was Kakavand’s Acquittal Part of a Quid Pro Quo with Iran? - Update II May 19, 2010
Iran’s Proposed LEU deal: Skeptical but Awaiting Clarification May 17, 2010
Update: U.S. Extradition Request Denied in France for Alleged Iranian Military Parts Smuggler May 12, 2010
NPT Review Conference 2010 Suggested Language for Final Document
David Albright and Andrea Stricker
April 23, 2010
Iran’s new centrifuge: What do we know about it?
David Albright, Jacqueline Shire, and Paul Brannan
April 13, 2010
Malaysia Finally Adopts National Export Controls
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Christina Walrond
April 9, 2010
What the Nuclear Posture Review means for proliferation and nuclear “outliers” April 6, 2010
Defected Iranian Nuclear Scientist Reportedly Worked Across from Secret Nuclear Weapons R&D Facility March 31, 2010
Detecting and Disrupting Illicit Nuclear Trade after A.Q. Khan (published in the Washington Quarterly Vol. 33)
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
March 26, 2010
Steam Emitted From Second Khushab Reactor Cooling Towers; Pakistan May Be Operating Second Reactor
Paul Brannan
March 24, 2010
Pakistani Government Seeks to Investigate A.Q. Khan’s Activities March 22, 2010
The Price of Getting Documents from A.Q. Khan: Carrying his Water
David Albright and Paul Brannan
March 17, 2010
Washington Post article featuring ISIS’ book Peddling Peril March 10, 2010
Supplement to Iran’s Gas Centrifuge Program: Taking Stock
David Albright and Christina Walrond
March 3, 2010
Latest Collaboration Between ISIS and the Media on Illicit Trade March 1, 2010
IAEA Report on Iran: Enrichment at Natanz improving; entire LEU tank moved to PFEP ; no progress on weaponization February 18, 2010
French Court Delays Decision over Extradition of Majid Kakavand February 17, 2010
Busting the Members at the Core of Iran’s Smuggling Networks for Nuclear, Missile, and Conventional Military Goods*
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
February 16, 2010
Case Study - Inventive U.S. Sting Operation Catches Iran-Based Military Equipment Smuggler
David Albright, Paul Brannan and Andrea Scheel Stricker
February 16, 2010
Case Study - Former Iranian Ambassador Arrested in UK for Alleged Iran-Directed Smuggling Scheme
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
February 16, 2010
Case Study - Middleman Majid Kakavand Arrested for Malaysia-Based Iranian Illicit Procurement Scheme
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
February 16, 2010
Case Study - Arrest Made in Germany of Core Iranian Procurement Agent
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
February 16, 2010
Busting the Members at the Core of Iran’s Smuggling Networks for Nuclear, Missile, and Conventional Military Goods February 16, 2010
Iran’s Gas Centrifuge Program: Taking Stock
David Albright and Christina Walrond
February 11, 2010
Iran’s enrichment for the Tehran Research Reactor: Update
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
February 9, 2010
Iran’s recent statements about production of fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor: A quick review
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
February 8, 2010
Burma: A Nuclear Wannabe; Suspicious Links to North Korea; High-Tech Procurements and Enigmatic Facilities
David Albright, Paul Brannan, Robert Kelley and Andrea Scheel Stricker
January 28, 2010
Exploring Claims about Secret Nuclear Sites in Myanmar
Robert Kelley, Andrea Scheel Stricker and Paul Brannan
January 28, 2010
Deep Connections between Myanmar’s Department of Atomic Energy and the DTVE
Andrea Scheel Stricker
January 28, 2010
Questions and Answers regarding Iranian document: “Outlook for special neutron-related activities over the next 4 years” January 5, 2010
2009
Iran’s Uranium Stockpile Dwindling
David Albright and Jacqueline Shire
December 30, 2009
The Trials of the German-Iranian Trader Mohsen Vanaki: The German Federal Intelligence Service Assesses that Iran Likely Has a Nuclear Weapons Program (Updated for December 15, 2009)
David Albright and Christina Walrond
December 15, 2009
Documents Assessing the Organizational Structure of FEDAT December 14, 2009
Farsi and English Versions of Document on Neutron Initiator December 14, 2009
New Document Reopens Question on Whether Iran’s Nuclear Weaponization Work Continued Past 2003 December 14, 2009
Self-Serving Leaks from the A.Q. Khan Circle
David Albright, Paul Brannan, and Andrea Scheel Stricker
December 9, 2009
Further Comments Regarding the BAS Article on Fordow
David Albright and Paul Brannan
December 4, 2009
Critique of Recent Bulletin of Atomic Scientists article on the Fordow Enrichment Plant
David Albright and Paul Brannan
November 30, 2009
Studies
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Technical Primer
- Publication Reviews
- Fissile Material Control
- Fukushima Nuclear Accident
- Global Stocks of Nuclear Explosive Material
- Illicit Trade
- Non Proliferation Conferences and Testimonies
- Nuclear Secrecy and Transparency
- Nuclear Terrorism
- Pakistan - India Comparisons
- Regional Safeguards
- Verifiable Dismantlement of North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program