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Bulletin to Anne Applebaum and others who argue that John Bolton’s “blunt” manner makes him “an ideal candidate to be America’s U.N. ambassador”: your boy has a history of doing stupid things. Competence matters, kids. Case in point: Bolton’s fave…
Arms Control Today has published my letter to the editor suggesting a better estimate of the Chinese nuclear arsenal would be about 100 weapons. I take no credit or blame for the title.
If you feel like hatin’ on j-bolt, check out the Rude Pundit today. Definitely not work safe.
The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (also known as the WMD Commission or Silberman-Robb Commission after its co-chairmen) was empaneled to “assess whether the intelligence community is sufficiently authorized, organized, equipped,…
German historian Rainer Karlsch has written a book, Hitler’s Bomb, which— according to press reports—concludes “Adolf Hitler had the atom bomb first but it was too primitive and ungainly for aerial deployment.” Karlsch reportedly claims Germany tested the weapon in…
Hans Bethe, an important figure in the Manhattan Project and long time proponent of arms control, has passed away today, aged 98. Oh, did I mention the Nobel prize? His 1968 article, co-authored with Richard Garwin, demolishing the rationale behind…
More on John Bolton’s nomination as Ambassador to the UN. I can think of 30,000 reasons that Bolton should not be confirmed for this post. The Washington Post previously reported that former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui maintained “a secret $100…
The President intends to nominate self-described “Americanist” John Bolton to be its Ambassador to the UN. Bolton is an outright xenophobe, as evidenced by this little speech he gave at a conference entitled, Trends in Global Governance: Do They Threaten…
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (right) has told Voice of America that Pakistan held the components for a nuclear device during her tenure, but chose not to assemble them until the May 1998 nuclear tests. When I became Prime…
The 2004 Annual Report to Congress on the Safety and Security of Russian Nuclear Facilities and Military Forces is now available on the NIC website.
