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After US’s bombing of nuclear facilities in Iran: Doubts on making the region safer. – Malte Göttsche assesses the situation.

By Josias Bruderer. The US interference in the war between Israel and Iran has hardly shed any light on the blurred situation, let alone made the region safer. Contradictory and divergent reports on the extent of the destruction, remaining facilities and consequences emphasize the lack of clarity. Malte Göttsche, a principal investigators of VeSPoTec and Professor for Peace Research in Natural Sciences at PRIF (Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung), assesses the situation.

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Read more about the article Irreversibility and Compliance in Regional Nuclear Disarmament: Lessons from the VeSPoTec Tabletop Exercise II
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Irreversibility and Compliance in Regional Nuclear Disarmament: Lessons from the VeSPoTec Tabletop Exercise II

By Neslihan Yanikömer. In an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape, achieving nuclear disarmament requires more than political will—it demands a robust, realistic framework for implementation and compliance. To explore what such a framework might entail, the VeSPoTec research consortium conducted a 1.5-day tabletop exercise on April 10–11, 2025, focused on irreversibility and compliance within a regional disarmament scenario.

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