Writing on ACW 2004–2021 · 161 posts
Article·
This is who they should have consulted… Knight-Ridder reported yesterday on this article by Dean Rust. Read the whole thing, but I think this excerpt give some idea of his conclusion: Yet, the botched implementation has already led many experienced…
Article·
You will all thank me for this. Putin was asked the following question during a 2 June press event: “will Russia participate in economic sanctions against Iran if Iran does not agree with the existing offer? And will Russia participate…
Article·
One tell-tale sign is if you saw this and were like “Sweet, the new OECD/IAEA Red Book is out.” Which isn’t to say that I said that….I will simply note that I do not yet have a copy. According to…
Article·
Newsweek published an interview the other day with former South African president F.W. de Klerk. He discussed several topics, including South Africa’s past nuclear weapons program. Asked about the country’s decision to give up its weapons, he said: I wasn’t…
Article·
Treaties can help establish rules for state behavior which, in turn, can foster some degree of transparency and predictability in international relations. But when people just start making stuff up on the fly, it’s more difficult to predict and understand…
Article·
The National Security Archive has released several more items of note during the past few weeks: 1 A collection of documents regarding the Nixon administration’s attempts to grapple with the Israeli nuclear weapons program. 2 A series of documents describing…
Article·
It’s kind of like them changing the name of the movie. It’s stupid. “Oh we don’t want to give too much away.” Of course you do! You want people to know they’re coming to see people trapped on a plane…
Article·
The FT has the text of the draft UNSC resolution that the US, France and the UK introduced. These are the most interesting portions, IMO. Note the blank. Concerned by the proliferation risks presented by the Iranian nuclear programme, mindful…
Article·
A quick follow-up to Jeffrey’s post about intelligence and political pressure. Paul Pillar, former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia, said during a 7 March CFR appearence: MR. BASS: In your Foreign Affairs piece, you talk…
Article·
1. I have discovered the one good argument for the US not negotiating directly with the Iranians: they would hand us our ass. I reached this conclusion after reading the Q&A after Bush’s 10 April speech at SAIS. He said:…
