From The Nation, Jonathan Schell on the old and new shapes of nuclear danger (and an interview). No nukes is bad nukes: George Bush demands "Non-existent Nuclear Proliferation Treaty" to protect the world from Iran's stockpile of non-existent weapons. World war four is off — time to bargain with Iran? No Change: A look at why the NIE won't actually alter the debate about Iran. How to defuse Iran: Successful United States-Iran engagement requires comprehensive diplomacy encompassing the core concerns of both sides. Meet the Decider of Tehran — it's not the hothead you expect. Anxious nations don't compromise: What the Israeli reaction to the NIE report means for the peace process. A review of Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race by Richard Rhodes (and more). Alexander Cockburn reviews The Nuclear Jihadist by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins; Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons by Adrian Levy and Catherine Scott-Clark; America and the Islamic Bomb: The Deadly Compromise by David Armstrong and Joseph J. Trento; and Iran and the Bomb: The Abdication of International Responsibility by Therese Delpech.