Powell on DPRK Test
Just for fun…back in the day, Powell described the likely US response to a North Korean nuclear test in a 2003 interview with Business Week : Q: And if the North Koreans test nuclear arms? A: If they test we’ll…
Paul Kerr
Writing on ACW 2004–2021 · 161 posts
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A Second Test?
Well. Japan’s MFA is apparently saying that North Korea may have conducted a second test, according to AP. South Korea seems to say otherwise, though: …a South Korean official said seismic monitors did not detect any tremors that could indicate…
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More Norky Goodness
For those of you taking a break from your glue binge, some additional items: 1. Here’s the text of North Korea’s statement on the nuclear tests: The field of scientific research in the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] successfully…
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UNSC PRST on DPRK
The UN has the full text, also replicated below. “The Security Council expresses its deep concern over the statement of 3 October 2006 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in which it…
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Shameless Other-Promotion
My friend and former co-worker Chris McIntosh has earned a slot at TNR’s post-season baseball-blog Deep in the Count. The blog has some very good writing, although it’s premised on the inane assumption that baseball is not boring. Here’s his…
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Bad Ideas
In an effort to compare the US-India nuclear deal to other historically-bad ideas, I give you an account of a 1975 article from Fortune magazine that I found in Steve Weissman and Herbert Krosney’s 1981 book The Islamic Bomb. According…
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Norks Threaten Nuke Test
Nice to wake up to. Reuters, via CNN, has part of of the North Korean FM statement. Here’s the scary part: Firstly, the field of scientific research of the DPRK will in the future conduct a nuclear test under the…
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Ice-T and DPRK
Decibel Magazine has an interview with Ice-T where he discusses, among other topics, some current foreign policy issues. It’s pretty sweet. Here’s what he had to say about the hunt for Osama bin Laden and the status of North Korea’s…
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NPR on Iran Intel
NPR had a good segment [Via Laura Rozen ] earlier today about, among other things, the Pentagon’s new Iran desk. It notes that several of its staffers worked for OSD’s Office of Special Plans. [FYI, one of those staffers, Abram…
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Israeli FM on Iranian Nukes
I mentioned in this post earlier that Negroponte was asked about Israeli estimates RE: Iran’s nuclear potential. I neglected to mention that Tzipi Livni, Israel’s Foreign Minister was on CNN this weekend discussing that very topic: BLITZER: How much time…