The Bush administration's senior diplomat on the North Korean nuclear issue, is in Beijing today.
The nuclear issue is not the only obstacle standing in the way of improved relations.
The fact is neither Obama, the mullahs, nor Netanyahu wants a war over the nuclear issue.
The Korean nuclear issue has brought Beijing and Washington together to seek the peaceful denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
To properly address the Korean nuclear issue serves the interests of all parties.
And we're not even mentioning the nuclear issue, which exponentially increases the stakes.
Security Council and Germany, which have been engaged in the Iranian nuclear issue.
Mr Obama is likely to avoid the nuclear issue during his 24-hour visit and concentrate instead on regional concerns.
Whether that is enough to bring it back to the table on the nuclear issue remains to be seen.
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This geoeconomic aspect is too often ignored, as when the North Korean nuclear issue is treated purely as a security issue.
Liberal Democrat MP Sir Menzies Campbell, who is chairing the cross-party commission looking into the nuclear issue, said the report was ill-timed.
Ties between the two Koreas chilled considerably under Lee Myung-bak over his move to link aid to concessions on the nuclear issue.
The stalemate between Iran and the West over the nuclear issue has significantly increased tensions between the two sides in recent months.
We as Turkey stand ready to do whatever we can to ensure a diplomatic solution to the nuclear issue in our region.
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U.S. and European officials have worried Mr. Khamenei might challenge Israel and the U.S. over the nuclear issue to consolidate his political position.
The United States has said it wants to deal with the Iranian nuclear issue diplomatically but has left all options on the table.
"At some stage, there will have to be some negotiations over the nuclear issue, the missile issue, " said Bridges, the Lingnan University professor.
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Iran watchers say that the emergence of the "nuclear candidates" also indicates just how crucial the nuclear issue has now become at all levels of Iranian political life.
But South Korea is unlikely to want to apply any sort of real squeeze on North Korea over the nuclear issue until more negotiation has been tried first.
The nuclear issue, meanwhile, remains the subject of public concern.
Since taking office in January, Mr Obama has told Tehran than he is ready for direct talks on the nuclear issue, but has had no firm response from Iran.
Examples could be broadening the scope of prospective talks beyond the nuclear issue and offering Iran real incentives -- lifting sanctions rather than promising not to impose new sanctions.
The allies, he believes, would be unwise to expect the Iranians to exercise a calming influence over Iraqi Shias while they haul Iran over the coals on the nuclear issue.
Russia has been a partner with us in passing Iran sanctions at the United Nations Security Council and then pursuing that diplomatic path to try to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue.
Talks between the EU and Iran on the nuclear issue have been off and on for a number of years, with the last round ending in failure in January last year.
Still, Iranian officials at IAEA headquarters in Vienna have said this week that they continue to want to have new talks with the U.S. and other world powers on the nuclear issue.
Park's policy calls for strong defense but also for efforts to build trust through aid shipments, reconciliation talks and the resumption of some large-scale economic initiatives as progress occurs on the nuclear issue.
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