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Sharon Squassoni

has directed the Proliferation Prevention Program at CSIS since 2010. She joined CSIS from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she was a senior associate in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Program. From 2002 to 2007, Ms. Squassoni advised Congress as a senior specialist in weapons of mass destruction at the Congressional Research Service (CRS), Library of Congress. Before joining CRS, she worked briefly as a reporter in the Washington bureau of Newsweek magazine. Ms. Squassoni also served in the executive branch of government from 1992 to 2001, including in the Nonproliferation Bureau and the Political-Military Bureau at the Department of State and in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
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Analysis / Strategy

Japan-India Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

After years of negotiation, India and Japan signed an historic deal that would allow Japan to export nuclear technology, equipment, and material to India.

November 21, 2016 — Sharon Squassoni
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Opinion / Strategy

East Asia Will Take Trump’s Nuclear Talk Literally and Seriously

Washington has always managed to keep Tokyo and Seoul from pursuing nuclear ambitions, but rising tensions with North Korea and a change in administration could change that in months.

November 18, 2016 — Sharon Squassoni, defense360, via Foreign Policy
Analysis / Strategy

Original Video Series: Iran Nuclear Deal – Part 3: The Iran Deal: The View from Iran

Sharon Squassoni, Director and Senior Fellow of the Proliferation Prevention Program, interviews Ariane M. Tabatabai on the Iran Deal and Iran’s perspective.

November 17, 2016 — Sharon Squassoni, defense360
Analysis / Strategy

Original Video Series: Iran Nuclear Deal – Part 2: Congress and the Iran Deal

Sharon Squassoni, Director and Senior Fellow of the Proliferation Prevention Program, interviews Edward P. Levine on the Iran Deal and the role of Congress.

November 9, 2016 — Sharon Squassoni, defense360
Analysis / Strategy

Original Video Series: Iran Nuclear Deal – Part 1: Sanctions Relief

Sharon Squassoni, Director and Senior Fellow of the Proliferation Prevention Program, interviews Richard Nephew about the implementation of the Iran Deal, sanctions, and sanction relief.

November 3, 2016 — Sharon Squassoni, defense360
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