Big Odd Myanmar Box
Over the past couple of days, I’ve been emailing with a couple of colleagues about this very odd building in Myanmar (nee Burma). Staring at that big box was the main reason I tweeted that “This Burma-NORK nuclear link has…
Jeffrey Lewis
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The Kyl Amendment
Lots of debate in the blogosphere among the kids about the Kyl Admendment and modernization. Allow me to recap. Senator Kyl proposed an amendment that would have prohibited any reductions under START Follow-on until the Administration did a bunch of…
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CTBT Scope Note
I’ve been meaning to write something about the scope of the CTBT — this ongoing debate about whether the Russians believe so-called hydronuclear tests are permitted under the treaty I don’t find compelling the evidence that Russia has a different…
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Atomic Won
I came into possession of a lovely collection of images of DPRK bank-notes. (You can go ahead and make your own forgery-related one-liners in the comments.) I was amused to see that the fiver (above) is nuclear-themed.
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WaPo Hit Job on EastWest Institute
Open note to Fred Hiatt: You are a total neocon hack job. I don’t know how Hiatt ended up as the editorial page editor at the Washington Post, and I suppose this ends my chances of placing any op-eds at…
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Donald Report
After the USAF shipped four Minuteman III nosecones to Taiwan, SECDEF Robert Gates asked Admiral Kirkland H. Donald to investigate the “facts and circumstances surrounding the accountability for, and shipment of, sensitive missile components to Taiwan.” Gates eventually briefed the…
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A Place For One's Mat
Gregory Kulacki and I have published a paper on the history of China’s space program, A Place for One’s Mat: China’s Space Program, 1956–2003, as part of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Reconsidering the Rules of Space project:…
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START Follow-on Roundup
Just a quick wrap-up on our coverage of Obama’s trip to Moscow, including the the Joint Understanding for the START Follow-on Treaty: 1. My take on the START Follow-on, 2. Josh Pollack’s take on the companion Joint Statement on Missile…
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Joint Understanding US Full Text
I think lots of people have copies now of the English version of the Joint Understanding — though NSC has not responded to my email request. Harumph. Here it is: JOINT UNDERSTANDING The President of the United States of America…
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Piers Millett at NAF Reminder
Just a reminder that New America and Global Green USA are hosting a talk and a wine reception for Piers Millet here at the New America Foundation: Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention Discussion and Wine Reception Unlike the Nuclear Nonproliferation…