Writing on ACW 2007–2010 · 88 posts · On the podcast: 2 episodes
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The “Would they? Could they?” debate in regard to nuclear terrorism is an old one. There has been a lot written about whether terrorists want to use nuclear weapons and, if they do, whether they have the technological capability to…
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First off, the Syrian video is now public: Online Videos by Veoh.com Second, I have one more question to add to Jeffrey’s list: “why now?” This has been bugging me for the last 24 hours. Prima facie it makes no…
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The last week or so has seen an interesting development with regard to North Korea (even if the image above is rather retro now). As part of the Valentine’s eve agreement, North Korea is required to declare all its nuclear…
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Well, not so much self promotion as advertising… Any of you thinking about doing a Masters starting in the autumn might like to consider King’s College London’s MA in Science and Security or our brand new MA in Nonproliferation and…
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I just got back from the States on Friday, and now I’m off to Brussels for a trip to NATO HQ with some students. Elaine Grossman at Global Security Newswire reported on my talk at the New America Foundation —…
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We’re just four days away from National Nuclear Technology Day in Iran when no doubt President Ahmadinejad will have another big announcement to make. In preparation, Iran seems to have been installing some more P-2s IR-2s (ooops, sorry). George Jahn…
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I’m off to DC next week. I’m going to be appearing at the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday and the New America Foundation on Wednesday. It’s what you call a bipartisan approach. At AEI I’m a panellist at a one-day…
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Here as promised is Tom Shea’s Notional convention on nuclear power. Two other nuclear power factoids I heard recently that may interest… First, the UAE has announced its intention not to acquire enrichment or reprocessing technology as part of its…
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Just over a week ago I arrived in Paris for a weekend away, went to my hotel and (while my room was being prepared) went to use the lobby ‘facilities’. On the wall was Le Figaro with the headline ‘Sarkozy…
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I’ve been away for the last week or so—hence the absence of any posting from me. Ironically, a long weekend in Paris precluded me from blogging about Sarkozy’s remarks on disarmament—but more about that (the background specifically) tomorrow or Monday.…
