By now, New START aficionados (if that’s the right word) will know all the talking points about missile defenses. Treaty critics in search of unacceptable restrictions on interceptors have homed in on Art. V, Paragraph 3, which prohibits either the…
In the last few years, South Korea has gone back and forth over whether to describe the North as “the main enemy.” At one level, the words are immaterial; it’s painfully obvious whose army is lined up on the other…
This morning’s Washington Post features an op-ed on Iran policy by former U.S. Senator Charles (Chuck) Robb and retired U.S. Air Force general Charles (Chuck) Wald. It’s a serious, earnest statement, but also seriously flawed. The gist of what The…
Monday, the wonk world was briefly aflutter with the news reported by the Chosun Ilbo: a radionuclide detection station in South Korea had caught a strong whiff of xenon, whose radioactive isotopes are the products of nuclear fission. The Chosun’s…
So what does the dog do after it catches the car? That is, in effect, the question faced by the leaders of the P5+1, now that they’ve managed to overcome their differences, settle on a draft Iran sanctions resolution, and…
My latest column in the Bulletin is all about Iran sanctions: what they’re good for and why they’re so hard to get (not necessarily in that order). Go on, go read it; I’ll bet you’ll never guess what Roswell Gilpatric…
The President of South Korea, Lee Myung-bak, has something to say. The complete text will appear in the comments. For now, I’d just like to call your attention to this passage: Fellow citizens, We have always tolerated North Korea’s brutality,…
In the Guardian today, Chris McGreal has a sensationalist treatment of an episode in Israeli-South African relations from 1975. “Revealed: how Israel offered to sell South Africa nuclear weapons,” screams the headline! Subhead: “Exclusive: Secret apartheid-era papers give first official…
The text and visual aids released at last week’s press conference on the findings of the multinational investigation into the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan are now available. (Another version of the briefing slides can be seen here.)…
(As in “Zombie Fuel Swap.”) Late Update | 7 pm, May 21. A2 has asked me to add some clarifying remarks. See below. At this late date, there might be reason to believe that the LEU/TRR deal was a bridge…
