Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control

09/09/2020

Come work with us or one of over two dozen other NGOs in Washington, DC focusing on arms control, conflict resolution, peace, and international security issues as a Scoville Fellow! Applications for the spring 2021 semester are due October 2nd. Learn more and apply at http://scoville.org/

Calling all recent (and soon-to-be) college and graduate school alumni!

If you're passionate about international peace and security issues, and looking to work on them in Washington, DC, the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship may be for you! The next application deadlines are October 9, 2020 (for the spring 2021 semester) and January 4, 2021 (for the fall 2021 semester). Here's more info:

The Scoville Fellowship offers six to nine-month salaried positions in the nation's capital with more than two dozen think tanks and advocacy groups. Scoville Fellows are supervised by senior-level staff members at the host institutions and may work on a range of issues including nuclear and conventional arms control and nonproliferation, conflict prevention and peacebuilding, diplomacy, environmental security, and emerging technology threats. They contribute to their host organizations' goals through research, public education, advocacy, and by writing articles, blog posts, fact sheets, letters to the editor, op-eds, and/or reports. In addition, fellows often help organize talks and conferences and attend coalition meetings, policy briefings, and congressional hearings. Benefits include salary, partial health insurance reimbursement, mentoring, moving costs to DC, meetings with policy experts, a small stipend for professional development use, and an entrée into an increasingly connected and influential network of alumni working for domestic and international NGOs, the federal government, academia, and media. For complete details and FAQs, see http://scoville.org/

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06/30/2020

Read the latest Iran Watch newsletter, featuring a report on the history and status of Iran's ballistic missiles, with a focus on their role as a nuclear weapon delivery vehicle. The report provides an overview of Iran's current capabilities, identifies key entities supporting the effort, explains where Iran has found foreign help, and reviews efforts to hinder Tehran's progress.

The newsletter also includes documents related to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspections in Iran, efforts by the United States to extend a U.N. arms embargo, and U.S. sanctions on Iran's shipping and metals sectors, as well as profiles of Iranian universities connected to proliferation. In addition, the newsletter features news about a recently disclosed facility that allegedly produces aluminum powder for Iran's missile program and a German intelligence agency report on Iran’s attempts to procure technology for weapons of mass destruction.

https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/newsletters/iran-watch-newsletter-june-2020

05/29/2020

Read the Wisconsin Project's latest Iran Watch newsletter, featuring a policy brief on how Iran's elite academic institutions support proliferation. The policy brief recommends that sanctions against such institutions, and the scientists associated with them, could be a bigger part of the U.S. pressure campaign.

The newsletter also includes documents related to a new U.S. global maritime advisory, recent U.S. sanctions actions, and the U.S. decision to end nuclear cooperation waivers, as well as profiles of entities supporting Iranian missile procurement and news about an Iranian military bank merger.

https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/newsletters/iran-watch-newsletter-may-2020

05/15/2020

We're hiring! The Wisconsin Project is seeking a Program Associate to support the organization’s research and outreach. The position offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to the Wisconsin Project’s nonproliferation mission and to gain valuable experience in managing operations and communications at a non-profit organization. We are seeking a highly-organized, task-oriented person who finds solutions to program implementation challenges. You will be joining a small team that values excellence, creativity, diligence, humor, and a commitment to the organization’s mission. Apply by May 27!

https://www.wisconsinproject.org/about-us/employment/

04/30/2020

Read the latest Iran Watch newsletter featuring a timetable on the weapon potential of Iran's gas centrifuges and its growing stockpile of enriched uranium. The report estimates how soon Iran could produce the fuel for a small nuclear arsenal and concludes that the main nuclear weapon risk in Iran is work at secret sites.

The newsletter also includes documents describing the launch of an Iranian military satellite by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and heightened U.S.-Iran tensions in the Persian Gulf, profiles of Iranian scientists involved in past nuclear weapon work, and news about U.S. efforts to extend a U.N. arms embargo on Iran.

https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/newsletters/iran-watch-newsletter-april-2020

03/31/2020

Read the latest Iran Watch newsletter featuring a report on the U.S. indictment of Turkish state-owned Halkbank for its pivotal role in laundering billions of dollars of Iranian oil proceeds in an elaborate sanctions evasion scheme, as well as an updated timeline of Iran's missile development from 1985 to the present day.

The newsletter also includes documents describing a string of new U.S. sanctions on Iran, reports by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about the expansion of Iran's uranium enrichment work, hurdles to the U.S.-led effort to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, and news related to U.S. export enforcement cases targeting Iranian procurement and sanction evasion.

https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/newsletters/iran-watch-newsletter-march-2020

02/28/2020

Read the latest Iran Watch newsletter! This month's newsletter features a policy brief on the decision by three European governments to trigger the dispute resolution mechanism set forth in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in response to nuclear steps by Iran that violate the agreement.

The newsletter also features remarks by the Wisconsin Project at a seminar on nuclear negotiations with Iran, as well as documents describing Iran's ongoing military support for the Houthis in Yemen, the decision by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to return Iran to its "blacklist," and information about a procurement network targeted by U.S. authorities for illicitly sending technical data with aerospace applications to Iran.

https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/newsletters/iran-watch-newsletter-february-2020

01/31/2020

Read the latest Iran Watch newsletter! This month's newsletter features a policy brief on the impact of new U.S. sanctions directed at Iran's heavy industries – in particular the metals sector. This sector, which includes mining, manufacturing, and construction, is crucial to Iran’s struggling economy. It represents about 10% of Iran’s export economy, according to the U.S. government.

In addition, the newsletter includes documents related to new U.S. sanctions on the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), Iran's petrochemical industry, as well as the renewal of 60-day sanctions waivers for work on the Arak and Bushehr reactors. New documents also describe Iran's reduced compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and the decision by its European parties to trigger the JCPOA's dispute resolution mechanism.

This month's newsletter features a policy brief on the impact of new U.S. sanctions directed at Iran's heavy industries – in particular the metals sector. This sector, which includes mining, manufacturing, and construction, is crucial to Iran’s struggling economy. It represents about 10% of Iran...

11/13/2019

The Wisconsin Project is hiring! Join a small, dynamic team to support a new project on Iran and sanctions. We're looking for two analysts who are committed to nonproliferation and bring creativity, diligence, and humor to the research process. Apply by December 1!

We're looking for two analysts who are committed to nonproliferation and bring creativity, diligence, and humor to the research process.

07/25/2019

Read the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control's latest Iran Watch Newsletter, which includes analysis of a recently revealed U.S. export enforcement case against three Iranians who sought to procure U.S.-origin carbon fiber, a material with missile and nuclear applications, between 2008 and 2013, and a review of key developments since the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear agreement in May 2018.

The newsletter also includes documents related to Iran's decision to exceed nuclear limits set by the agreement, the launch by the EU of a payment mechanism aimed at facilitating some trade with Iran, profiles of entities connected to Iran's ballistic missile program, news about traces of radioactive material found by nuclear inspectors at a site in Tehran, and more.
https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/newsletters/iran-watch-newsletter-july-2019

06/21/2019

Read the latest Iran Watch newsletter! This month’s newsletter includes analysis of several recent export enforcement cases against American and Iranian citizens attempting to obtain U.S.-origin technology on behalf of Iran. The newsletter also features documents related to the recent downing by Iran of a U.S. drone, a possible Iranian attack on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iran’s plans to increase its production of enriched uranium, news about Iranian missile-related procurement from Germany, and more:
https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/newsletters/iran-watch-newsletter-june-2019

05/10/2019

Read the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control's latest Iran Watch newsletter! This month's newsletter includes a policy brief on recent U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's industrial metals sector as part of the Trump administration's intensifying economic pressure campaign on Iran, and the implications of Iran's plan to suspend certain nuclear restrictions required by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA): https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/newsletters/iran-watch-newsletter-may-2019