Writing on ACW 2006–2013 · 74 posts
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As we all know, Russia and the U.S. have been in a tiff over the U.S. proposal to put missile defense installations in Europe (Ten interceptors in Poland and an x-band radar in the Czech Republic.) Ok, more than a…
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Yesterday’s NYT op-ed by Secretary William Perry, Ash Cater, and Michael May at first seemed rather boring to me. What should the government do to prepare for the day after a nuclear terrorist attack? All I really picked up was…
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So I am skimming a strange little article in The Sun, which starts out about Putin threatening to point missiles at Europe and then somehow moves on to quoting the Clash. Why are there articles about missiles in tabloids? Why…
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Not to be outdone in having a say in the Banco Delta Asia issue, a senior Russian official, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losyukov, said today that Russian banks would be able to assist in the transfer of that scary $25…
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If you haven’t been paying the closest attention to developments on the India nuclear deal, don’t worry, it’s still almost not quite but closer kind of getting there. Reuters reports on the latest unspecified disputes in negotiations over the 123…
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Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has apparently tried to resign five times in the last few months. As in his earlier attempts, the resignation was rejected by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Why does Larijani want out? Asharq Al Awsat, a…
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In the New York Times this past weekend, Jonathan Raban reviews the new book by William Langewieshe (yes, I’ve been wondering too… it’s long-gah-vee-shuh). The Atomic Bazaar combines Langewieshe’s pieces from the Atlantic Monthly, one on smuggling nuclear materials from…
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What is John Bolton talking about? What is he ever talking about? Okay, we get it. You don’t like the deal with North Korea. Why we needed another Wall Street Journal op-ed is beyond me. This doesn’t, of course, mean…
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In mid-April I attended the Nuclear National Dialogue in Moscow, a conference sponsored by Green Cross, Global Green, Rosatom, and others. I have few good details to report, but there was one presentation that may be interesting to folks who…
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We have discussed quite a few times now the possibility of Russia’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, as well as a related issue of Russia’s response to proposed U.S. missile interceptors in Europe. (Feb 26, 2007, Feb…
