Years

2006

325 posts

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Curious Sanctions

I’ve written a short analysis, Curious Sanctions, for the Carnegie Endowment’s Proliferation News about the US sanctions imposed on two Indian chemical companies. By its own count, the Bush Administration has imposed sanctions at a significantly greater rate than the…

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Kim Jong Il's Bodyguards

Go ahead and press play (Or view it here if you have browser trouble). The clip is real—it is taken from a real 2003 BBC Documentary called The Real Dr. Evil (You can download the entire documentary). Chosun Ilbo even…

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WMD Procurement Networks in Europe

Ian Cobain has a pair of stories in The Guardian summarizing a “report from a leading EU intelligence service” used “to warn off EU companies from doing business” with front companies for foreign WMD programs: The 55-page intelligence assessment, dated…

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Mianyang

The city of Mianyang, in Sichuan Province, is China’s third most suitable city for living, according to a series of interviews conducted by Beijing-based Horizon Group. The main facilities for the China Academy of Engineering Physics are located in Mianyang.…

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Happy New Year

Each New Year, the Pope issues a Message for the World Day of Peace. This year, Pope Benedict’s Message for the World Day of Peace contains three paragraphs dedicated to the cause of disarmament, including this paragraph on the moral…