Administrivia
Sorry about being such a scatterass lately. As usual, there is big stuff under way and the blog is getting the shaft. But I am sprawled out on the oriental rug with a pot of pu-erh tea, a little Wilco…
Jeffrey Lewis
Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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Your IC At Work …
Linzer has to be f’ing kidding right? RIGHT? When the State Department recently asked the CIA for names of Iranians who could be sanctioned for their involvement in a clandestine nuclear weapons program, the agency refused, citing a large workload…
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Trident Replacement
The large object at 10 Downing Street is supposed to be a submarine. Strangely reminiscent of Claes Oldenburg’s soft sculptures (more). No. 10 Downing St. has released a white paper—The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent—arguing that Britain should…
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Live Blogging Me!
Peter Zimmerman and I are giving a talk about our article, “Bomb in the Backyard” at a meeting with defense journalists. My handout—using some of the cool images by Jeffrey Smith—is here. We are also getting a couple of questions…
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Bowling for Bioweapons
This is not Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. Five years after the United States brought an early end to a review of an international treaty banning biological weapons, conference delegates have resurrected a casualty of that diplomatic breakdown…
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Noah v. Jeffrey v. Claire & Caterina
Oh, so, I just got this note from Claire and Caterina: Think N Drink’s triumphant return! A few sweltering summers ago, a devoted group of DC Think Tankers decided to share a few drinks at a classic Dupont watering hole.…
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Will We Finally get our Moon Base?
A couple of months ago, I made a snide remark about those who advocate of “pulling out of the Outer Space Treaty, which prohibits [military] installations on the moon among other things.” “Not that we have a plan for a…
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Noah v. Jeffrey @ The Big Hunt, Th ~5 pm
Noah and I have, over the last couple of years, arranged a semi-annual Defense Tech – Arms Control Wonk extravaganza at a local DC watering hole when we both manage to be in town the same time. It’s on. Thursday,…
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Atomic Nuked Veteran
Murdoc asks: “How do they verify that an applicant is eligible for this plate? With a Geiger counter?” Apparently not, according to Eric Felten of the Wall Street Journal: And Alabama offers what has to be the single most bizarre…
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B-Dub REVCON Blogging
The Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation will be blogging the 2006 Biological Weapons Convention Review Conference. Cool!