The Atlantic - Meet Oleg Khintsagov, a small-time hustler in Russia who can get you dried fish, furs, Turkish chandeliers … and weapons-grade uranium. He’s not the only one.

The Atlantic - Uranium on the Loose - Lawrence Scott Sheets discusses the lawlessness of the former Soviet republics and the nuclear threat no one talks about..

New Yorker - Seymour Hersh on why did Israel bomb Syria?

Washington Post - Thomas Ricks reports a small group of U.S. military experts and intelligence officials convened in Washington for a classified war game last year, exploring strategies for securing Pakistan's nuclear arsenal if the country's political institutions and military safeguards began to fall apart.

New York Times - Over the past six years, the Bush administration has spent almost $100 million on a highly classified program to help Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s president, secure his country’s nuclear weapons...But with the future of that country’s leadership in doubt, debate is intensifying about whether Washington has done enough to help protect the warheads and laboratories, and whether Pakistan’s reluctance to reveal critical details about its arsenal has undercut the effectiveness of the continuing security effort.

Global Security Newswire - In a closed-door meeting in November, advisers to U.S. Strategic Command are slated to report their recommendations for what could become the Navy’s next nuclear weapons-carrying submarine.