Declaratory Policy
Sorry for the light blogging of late — as usual, I am writing a lot, just not finishing anything. I notice this very interesting story by Paul Richter in the Los Angeles Times on deliberations over the Nuclear Posture Review.…
Jeffrey Lewis
Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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Holiday Fudge Recipe
What is more festive that a batch of Holiday Fudge? A recipe for Holiday Fudge on WMD stationary! My friend Stephanie Kaplan — wonk and entrepreneur — sat down to whip up a batch (she’s a wonderful cook) when she…
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Arms Control Person of the Year 2009
Sen. Richard Lugar and former Sen. Sam Nunn near Shchuchye, Russia in 2007 (AP Photo/Douglas Birch) The Arms Control Association is holding their annual “Arms Control Person of the Year” contest. Vote for the 2009 Arms Control Person(s) of the…
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Bulavas Whirling Though the Sky
We’ve had quite a discussion in the comments over Russia’s recent failed Bulava SLBM test and the pretty spiral it made before crashing into the ocean. Oooh. Aaah. Having largely dispensed with the usual spate of extraterrestrial and paranormal hypotheses…
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Uranium Deuteride Initiators
You have no doubt seen the Times of London story, in which Catherine Philp claims to have obtained a 2007 “technical document” from from Iran that “describes the use of a neutron source, uranium deuteride, which independent experts confirm has…
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Why The Navy Should Retire TLAM-N
The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, or TLAM, is named after the Tomahawk — a Native American axe. If you have ever seen a Western movie, the tomahawk is thrown overhand, and can be quite dangerous as Ed Ames — who…
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Off To Beijing!
I am off to Beijing for the next week, to participate in the Seventh US-China Conference on Arms Control, Disarmament and Nonproliferation, co-hosted by the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association and the Monterey Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation…
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Another Bulava Failure
After a brief UFO-scare — really, people — the Russians have confirmed that the spiraling light seen from Norway was yet another failed Bulava test. Pavel Podvig has a nice post up. This is pretty much the best video I…
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SMART
When the real life disappoints, as it is wont to do, human beings often take comfort in fiction, imagining an alternate reality where our problems aren’t so daunting and where we aren’t so fallible. We dream, in short, of a…
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Ros-Lehtinen on Arms Control
Ok, this is just downright weird. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen rounds up the usual crowd to co-sponsor an utterly meaningless “Sense of the House” on the START Treaty. (Utterly meaningless since the Senate ratifies treaties. I don’t even want to hear about…