Writing on ACW 2007–2010 · 88 posts · On the podcast: 2 episodes
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After the US-India deal and the possible China-Pakistan deal (which, the US is now officially opposing, by the way), a US-Israel deal was always going to be a possibility. The price? Unknown, but CTBT ratification appears to be part of…
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BBC Radio 4 aired a documentary called The Human Button last night about the command and control system for Britain’s Trident fleet—and it’s available to listen to online for the next 5 days. I haven’t heard the full thing yet…
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There is a storm brewing over in Vienna about whether the IAEA should cease technical cooperation with Syria on account of the latter’s suspected nuclear programme. The IAEA Director General weighed in on Monday. According to Reuters IAEA Director Mohamed…
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I haven’t been blogging much recently but I hope to make up for that today with some remarkable material on Syria that Jeffrey and I were given in the last 24 hours. A source summarized for us some of the…
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A shortish post—partly because I’m shattered from last night but mostly because you have lots of great new material to read from Andreas, Anya and Bob. As has been hinted at before, BBC news is now reporting that Russia is…
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A diligent reader spotted an article in Haaretz reporting that, in private, Sarkozy has been very critical of Obama’s Iran policy, calling it (or perhaps him) “utterly immature”. French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of U.S. presidential candidate Barack…
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Greetings from Korea. According to my guide book “North Korea and nukes” is not a socially acceptable topic for conversation here in Seoul. I hope that advice doesn’t apply to participants in a conference on security on the Korean Peninsula…
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I am off tomorrow for a conference in South Korea organized by the Korean National Defence University. I hope to keep posting while I’m there. In the meantime here is some Friday afternoon reading for you. On Monday I commented…
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Surprise, surprise. China has announced its intention to sell more nuclear power plants to Pakistan. Kyodo News reports: China has agreed to supply Pakistan with two additional nuclear power plants, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said here Saturday after…
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By all accounts, the US has succeeded in getting North Korea to agree to inspections at undeclared facilities as part of the verification process—another impressive diplomatic victory for Chris Hill. There’s little prospect the US will try to use this…
