ArmsControlWonk.com

As part of the Wonk’s public service role, let me bring to your attention an outstanding resource letter, “Physics and Society: Nuclear Arms Control”, that was published by Alex Glaser and Zia Mian in the January edition of the American Journal of Physics (vol. 76, no. 1, pp. 5—14 to be precise). It’s a great list of key arms control texts—but, unfortunately, I think it is only available to AJP subscribers.

Actually, this reminds me of a (vaguely) funny story. I ordered a copy of Alan Krass’ excellent book Verification: How Much Is Enough? off Amazon Marketplace last year. And, judging by the inscription in the front cover, the copy I got used to belong to noted BW and CW arms control expert Raymond Zilinskas! Makes you realize what a small world the arms control community is.

UPDATE: Yes, the AJP article is freely available—from here to be exact!

I came across this really cool resource today and thought I’d share it with my fellow wonks. It’s the complete library of reports prepared by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, with links to the full text of each report.

Many of the OTA reports are classics in the field of nonproliferation, such as the June 1977 wonkfest Nuclear Proliferation and Safeguards, which weighs in at more than 1300 pages (including appendices). Enjoy.

OTA was among the many sensible governmental resources that Newt Gingerich’s so-called “Republican Revolution” put before a firing squad in 1994-1995. Kudos to the University of North Texas’s CyberCemetary Project for making these resources so readily available.

Jeffrey adds at 1:40 pm that Congressman Rush Holt has led the fight to restore OTA.