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Sam Black

Writing on ACW 2010 · 4 posts

Sam Black was a Research Associate with Stimson's Space Security and South Asia programs. Prior to joining the Center, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Defense Information, where he focused on Space Security and Missile Defense issues.

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Nuclear Threats

Stimson has just published a report on the history of nuclear threat-making that was a project of mine for a few months earlier this year. It’s about 30 pages long, including the data set, so I thought I’d provide a…

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China’s Space Power in 2010

So the 2010 iteration of the Department of Defense’s China Military Power report is out. The 2009 version came out on March 24, 2009, about two months after Inauguration Day, so this is probably the first one for which the…

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Purposeful Interference

The Keeper of the Shoeboxes touched on the new National Space Policy (.pdf) a few weeks back, focusing on the diplomatic side of it. As he noted, the language on diplomacy and arms control is substantially different from that in…

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Zombie China-Pak Nuke Deal

The deal where China sells Pakistan two additional nuclear power reactors, while not as epically zombie-tastic as the Iranian fuel swap, does tend to ebb and flow a fair amount. James noted its most recent rise and fall in late…