jumpSTART
Hey folks, sorry for the long absence. Xiamen is fantastic … much more exciting than the blue glow of my laptop. What little time I’ve spent online has been sunk on my book, a forthcoming article and, you know, managing…
September 2006
25 posts
The Boyz From Princeton
Alex Glaser and Scott Kemp (above) gave a talk on Gas Centrifuges and the future of nonproliferation at Tsinghua University, with Li Bin as host. The talk was cool, but the diagram of the centrifuge is HOT, supplanting the very…
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…
India and the MTCR
In the July 2005 joint statement with President Bush, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh committed India to “harmonization and adherence to Missile Technology Control Regime. The House legislation to implement the US-India nuclear deal: (more) would terminate exports of nuclear…
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…
DNI on Iran Nuclear Estimate
I missed this when it came out a couple of weeks ago. Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte told NPR that the IC’s estimate regarding Iran’s nuclear program is the same as it was a year ago. He said: MR.…
Well, Come to Beijing!
So said the sign at the aiport (above). I will be in Beijing all this week, then moving down to Xiamen for a few days. I never thought I would miss the smell of pollution, but, when I stepped off…
Libya/UK Peace and Security Letter
This looks kind of interesting. Libya and the UK signed a joint letter of Peace and Security in June. My colleague Michael Nguyen wrote about it in this month’s ACT. He wrote: On June 26 in Tripoli, British Junior Foreign…
Not if You Were the Last HPSCI on Earth
I have a feeling that telling clowns like Charles Krauthammer that exaggerated Iran intel could increase support for a bombing campaign is kind of like Ordell Robbie admonishing his girlfriend while she smokes herb on the couch: Ordell Robbie: That…
PSI and Interdictions
I ain’t no lawyer, but I thought I’d try and provide an answer to a comment made the other day in response to this post. I thought I would make a post out of my response, lest it be lost…