First Thoughts on IAEA Iran Report
I posted them here. My preliminary take is that the Iranians’ most notable progress has been to enrich uranium in the centrifuges they have installed. Update: More thoughts here.
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Iran Making Progress
ISIS has published the full text of the new DG Report on Implementation of Safeguards in Iran. Eight cascades were operating and being fed on May 13, but don’t seem to be linked into a single unit: Since the Director…
Iraqi Scientists In Iran?
Rob Stein at Mother Jones has this crazy idea that “missing [Iraqi] nuclear scientists made their way to Tehran, where they would have been welcomed with open arms and fat paychecks.” But as recently as February of this year, Iran…
Larijani tries to resign, for the 5th time
Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani has apparently tried to resign five times in the last few months. As in his earlier attempts, the resignation was rejected by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Why does Larijani want out? Asharq Al Awsat, a…
Russian HEU + AQ Khan = New Nuke Book
In the New York Times this past weekend, Jonathan Raban reviews the new book by William Langewieshe (yes, I’ve been wondering too… it’s long-gah-vee-shuh). The Atomic Bazaar combines Langewieshe’s pieces from the Atlantic Monthly, one on smuggling nuclear materials from…
Greetings from Airlie Center
I’ve been attending the New America Foundation’s annual Board & Senior Staff retreat. (I forgot my camera. The beautiful image is from this Flickr photo set.) I’ve been to various meetings at Airlie over the years and positively adore the…
Minimum Means Review in ACT
Brad Roberts has a civil, but largely negative review of my book in the latest edition of Arms Control Today. It points out some things that I could have done better. But one thing really annoys me. Roberts says that…
Bolton on North Korea
What is John Bolton talking about? What is he ever talking about? Okay, we get it. You don’t like the deal with North Korea. Why we needed another Wall Street Journal op-ed is beyond me. This doesn’t, of course, mean…
Roodie Can Fail, After All
Wasn’t it conservative PJ O’Rourke who said “age and guile beat youth, innocence and bad haircut”? I missed this, but a couple of weeks ago Al Kamen danced on the grave of the nomination of John Rood, aka the poor…
Cluster Munition Video
Check it out here.