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Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Emeritus

Abstract

The announcement of a secret uranium-enrichment facility located on a military base in Iran has sharpened President Barack Obama’s efforts to place nuclear proliferation issues at the top of the world agenda. 2010 will be a critical year. In September, both at the United Nations and at the Group of 20 Summit in Pittsburgh, many countries agreed to work on Obama’s nuclear agenda. But, in the midst of those meetings, it was revealed that Iran has been secretly building a second enrichment facility with the potential to produce weapons-grade uranium.

Citation

Nye, Jr., Joseph S. "If Implemented, Obama's Nuclear Agenda Will Render 2010 a Critical Year." Daily Star (Lebanon) and Daily Times (Pakistan), October 15, 2009 and October 16, 2009.