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Harry Halem

Writing on ACW 2013–2015 · 30 posts

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Statistical Obama

Our President yesterday at the Brookings Institution shared the podium with Haim Saban, the founder of Power Rangers bringing my short 17 year old life full circle.  (In a storage bin somewhere, I still have my hundreds of Power Rangers…

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FYRP: Iran Talks, Round 2

Well, it’s been a while, but it has returned! Safeguards Report – IAEA Board of Governors | “No additional major components have been installed at the IR-40 Reactor; the production of UO2 for fuel assemblies for the reactor has continued…

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FYRP: P5+1 Debrief

After a departure from our regular content, it returns! P5+1 Briefing – US Dept. of State | Finally, the text of the background briefing on the P5+1 negotiations!  I wonder what the entrance to the negotiations looked like…  Aside from this briefing,…

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FYRP: Rouhani’s Charm Offensive

The post you have been waiting all week for! David Horsey – LA Times | This week, both President Rouhani and President Obama addressed the UN General Assembly, but were afraid to actually be seen in mortal contact. Eric McCann…

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Syria Chemical Weapons Roundup

With remarkable speed, the UN has produced and released its report on the Syrian debacle! A great deal of material has appeared on this subject very rapidly. Something we haven’t spotted elsewhere yet is a one-stop shop for official and…

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FYRP: Jumpin’ Jack Flash

As promised, it has arrived! Scott Shane – New York Times | Wait, I seem to remember discussing Syrian use of chemical weapons.  In April.  (Does FYRP – Fuzzy Red Lines ring any bells?)  We really knew about this back…

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Isodarco Conference

I promise a FYRP soon!  In the meantime, a public service announcement: Università di Padova  –  Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”  –  Università di Trento Carnegie Corporation of New York Centro di Ricerca Politica Internazionale e Risoluzione dei Conflitti (CERPIC – FBK – Trento) Fondazione…

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Anger Management in the Middle East

This is published on the behalf of Nilsu Goren, Aviv Melamud, Ibrahim Said Ibrahim, and Ariane Tabatabai of the Middle East Next Generation of Arms Control Specialists Network.  The Middle East has provided an arena for different weapons of mass…

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FYRP: If You Will The End

Another edition of ACW’s best regular column! 24 GOP Senators – rubio.senate.gov | The Berlin speech / unilateral nuclear cuts debate continues. We missed it at the time, but back in June, a couple dozen Republican senators weighed in, saying “It…