Writing on ACW 2006–2013 · 74 posts
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Studio 360 is featuring a radio show about the bomb, with guest Richard Rhodes, who is, as always, awesome. The show starts off with a short bio of J. Robert Oppenheimer, which is a bit too simple and sentimental, but…
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There are all kinds of elaborate rumors that during the Cold War, Russia built networks of shelters and tunnels underneath Moscow. Israel seems to still be working on its state of the art underground bunker and apparently theirs is not…
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North Korea has announced that it will return to negotiations. The six party talks could resume sometime in the next two months. Up to now, North Korea’s line has been that it will return to the talks if the US…
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Nearly every newspaper and blog seems to be doing the “Obama may run for President” story. So, this is really like peer pressure. Where does Barack Obama stand on some of those nonproliferation issues we all obsess about? CTR &…
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Yes, you know exactly which movie that line is from. War Games is fun for several reasons (including the putting of the phone on some receiver thing to dial and connect to somewhere. I clearly need one of those). But…
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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a very short statement confirming that the North Korean test was nuclear. Thom Shanker and David Sanger’s article in the New York Times says that US intelligence has concluded that the…
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The Carnegie Moscow Center held a discussion yesterday on the 123 Agreement, which would allow for nuclear cooperation between Russia and the US. The presentation was given by Robert Einhorn of CSIS, and there will be a summary on the…
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I like the tone of the first few paragraphs of this Times online article, Seizures of radioactive materials fuel ‘dirty bomb’ fears It’s the terrorists are coming to kill us all with a dirty bomb so buy our paper while…
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In addition to focusing on the nuclear, the US has been pressuring financial institutions to crack down on NK for drug trafficking and counterfeiting. In yesterday’s Financial Times, Anna Fifield and Guy Dinmore write: North Korea’s leadership is under severe…
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And also, naturally, terrorist use of shipping containers to transport dirty bombs into the U.S. U.S. Customs and Border Control needs your help. From the Container Security Initiative website: If you have information concerning possible terrorist use of shipping containers…
