The Last Days of the JCPOA
by July 24, 2022 | No Comments
|As the President visited various states in the Middle East, Jeffrey and Aaron sat down to eulogize the JCPOA renegotiation attempts as they slowly slide farther off the rails. Iran’s programs continue and it looks like the U.S. is preparing to continue into the sanctions and containment realm, as Israel continues its seemingly ineffective hardware …
The Wizards of Armageddon
by June 30, 2022 | No Comments
|Jeffrey and Aaron walk through a piece of foundational field canon, The Wizards of Armageddon by Fred Kaplan, discussing its coverage of institutional and personal decisionmaking, picking apart the concepts of deterrence and compellence, and discussing the seemingly crystalized debate on the same core tenets, decades after the initial events. Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast!
A Personal Note
by June 26, 2022 | 28 Comments
|Verse of the week: “Poets to come! orators, singers, musicians to come!/ Not to-day is to justify me and answer what I am for/ But you, a new brood, native, athletic, continental, greater than before known/ Arouse! For you must justify me I myself but write one or two indicative words for the future,/ I …
James Baker’s Politics of Diplomacy
by June 22, 2022 | No Comments
|Quote of the week: “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” – Leon Trotsky In the world of high-wire, high stakes diplomacy, you have to be good to succeed. It’s better to be good and lucky. The stars were aligned just right for James Baker, the ace political consigliere and …
It Can't Happen Here
by Michael Krepon | June 7, 2022
Waiting for the Boom
by ACW Podcast | June 4, 2022
Death Cult Drones, Maybe
by Jeffrey Lewis | May 26, 2022
Arms Control Implications of the War in Ukraine (V): Proliferation
by Michael Krepon | May 23, 2022
Arms Control Implications of the War in Ukraine (IV): Proliferation
by Michael Krepon | May 16, 2022
New Construction at Yongbyon
by Jeffrey Lewis | May 13, 2022
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