Fantasyland
by | December 11, 2017 | 4 Comments
Quote of the week: “The easiest thing of all is to deceive oneself; for we believe whatever we believe.” — Demosthenes How did half of my beloved country get swept up by Donald Trump? How did a reality-based Democratic Party with sensible five point plans lose almost complete touch with so much of the vast …
No First Use
by | December 8, 2017 | 6 Comments
Quote of the week: “A ‘no first use’ policy would be the end of flexible response and thus of the very credibility of the Western strategy of deterrence.” – Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, speech at Georgetown University’s Center for Strategic and International Studies on April 6, 1982 How can it be that the United …
KCN-eh? November’s Other North Korean Developments
by | December 6, 2017 | No Comments
A Canadian reviews the month’s North Korea news with a special guest. For November, Andrea talks to John Hemmings, the Director of the Asia Studies Centre at the Henry Jackson Society. They dig into major stories about North Korean defectors and the Kim Jong Nam assassination, and consider the stunning views from Cathay Pacific flights. Links …
Evil
by Michael Krepon | December 3, 2017
North Korea's Big Frickin' Missile
by ACW Podcast | November 30, 2017
The Donald and the Nuclear V: The Senate Strikes Back
by ACW Podcast | November 21, 2017
Rule of Thumb: Don’t Start a War If You Don’t Know Where to Bury the Dead
by Michael Krepon | November 14, 2017
Brazil’s Nuclear Program: Perceptions and Realities
by Joshua Pollack | November 13, 2017
Missiles over the Middle East
by ACW Podcast | November 13, 2017
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"A shot was just taken by Iran, in my opinion, at Saudi Arabia. And our system knocked it down," Donald Trump told reporters. "That's how good we are. Nobody makes what we make and now we're selling it all over the world.”
Except it missed. Or maybe never even fired. Jeffrey and Aaron discuss the CNS OSINT teams investigation of the missile attack on the Riyadh airport that appeared in the New York Times.
Links of Note:
The New York Times article investigating the missile attack.
A Swing and a Miss in Saudi Arabia - December 12, 2017
http://armscontrolwonk.libsyn.com/a-swing-and-a-miss-in-saudi-arabia
