Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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October 1 is the Sixtieth Anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. You know what that means: Silly hats! And, of course, missiles on parade! Apparently, this year the wonkporn factor will be higher than average. Kang…
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I am working on a series of longer posts related to monitoring the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, but wanted to share an amusing paragraph from the March 2009 edition of Science & Technology Review, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s…
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For those us hoping that the Conference on Disarmament would get down to business on negotiation a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty, Britain’s PermRep to the CD tweeted some very disappointing news: Conference on Disarmament fails to unblock decision to start…
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Iran is not slowing its nuclear program, ok? I know the headlines keep saying it, but it ain’t so — look for yourself. Count the black and gray bars, not just the black ones. The most recent IAEA report on…
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Yes, Virginia, India’s H-bomb fizzled. K Santhanam (who was director of test site preparations for India’s 1998 nuclear tests; pictured above, handing the firing keys to the range safety officer) has admitted what everyone else has known for a long…
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Six bucks or not, Andreas Persbo and Mark Hibbs have a must read profile of outgoing IAEA Director-General Mohamed ElBaradei in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists: The IAEA after ElBaradei. As ElBaradei’s tenure reaches its close, a deep and troubling…
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I keep hearing that there have been four rounds of START Follow On negotiations — but that omits two Presidential Summits, a meeting between lead negotiators in Rome and at least two “experts” meetings. So I’ve tried to collect all…
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As many of you know, the Obama Administration has tasked the National Academies Committee on International Security and Arms Control (NAS–CISAC) to prepare a study on technical issues related to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The National Academies…
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Elaine Grossman has a stellar piece of process journalism on the infighting surrounding the Nuclear Posture Review and START. The short version is that SECDEF Robert Gates tried to revive the RRW program at a Principal’s Committee meeting in June…
