Writing on ACW 2006–2013 · 74 posts
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I’ve usually taken it as common wisdom that Japan, if it suddenly wanted to, could build a nuclear bomb in about 6 months. Articles and experts have quoted this figure. However, there are reports quoting the Japanese newspaper Sankei of…
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We are on a whole Iran kick here so I felt that I should get in on the fun. First, check out this article, A Win-Win U.S. Strategy for Dealing with Iran in the current issue of Washington Quarterly. The…
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I thought I wasn’t going to write another polonium-210 post, but this story just won’t go away. And then I saw this editorial in the Washington Post,which makes some misleading conclusions. (Note: I am not doing a wrap up, but…
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High level Russian and Iranian officials met earlier this week to discuss progress on the Bushehr reactor. They agreed, again, on the following dates, although these have changed often, and one Russian article notes (in Russian) that it is likely…
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This story fell under my radar screen earlier this week, but I noticed it yesterday. Kind of interesting if it were true, but it’s not clear, and actually sounds like just gossip to me. Last Saturday, the Tokyo Shimbun (in…
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There are some new US sanctions on North Korea which are intended to target the fabulous life of Dear Leader and his posse. Sales of Ipods, Segways and other fun things are now banned. It is Washington’s first-ever attempt to…
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Everyone has probably caught the bits and pieces of headlines on the former Russian spy, Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned and died last week. There is little conclusive information and the assassination has been linked in the press both to…
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The Atlantic Monthly has a long article in the December 2006 issue on How to Get a Nuclear Bomb. [Sorry, it’s subscription only past the first page, so I am putting in some good quotes from later in the article.]…
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Indian authorities have stopped a North Korean ship headed to Iran. [cue suspense music…] Except, it was empty! [GASP] “MV Omrani-II” developed a snag and entered Indian waters on October 29 and was towed to the Mumbai Port where the…
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Should I be uneasy that six countries have recently expressed a newfound interest in nuclear energy? The Middle East Economic Digest, which a number of the other news sources like The Times are referencing, quotes IAEA deputy-director general Tomihiro Taniguchi…
