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The amazing Laura Holgate (with Robert Schultz) and the great Pavel Podvig are crossing swords over at the web edition of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The issue: Megatons to Megawatts. Say Holgate/Schultz: As Pavel Podvig points out in…
Greetings from Korea. According to my guide book “North Korea and nukes” is not a socially acceptable topic for conversation here in Seoul. I hope that advice doesn’t apply to participants in a conference on security on the Korean Peninsula…
Thanks for all of your comments on the previous post. Yet, I am surprised that no one mentioned the one ongoing attempt to practically implement the multilateral nuclear approaches concept – Russia’s International Uranium Enrichment Center at Angarsk. We all…
Privet, dear Readers of Wonk, Greetings from Monterey! By means of an introduction, I’ll say that I’ve been a loyal ACW reader for a long time (we probably have that in common). And as Jeffrey has already mentioned, I’m lucky…
Yes, the place with the beer. Looks like I will be blogging on lightly over the next week or so. So as to not attempt blogging under the influence of the local brew, I have lined up a couple of…
I am off tomorrow for a conference in South Korea organized by the Korean National Defence University. I hope to keep posting while I’m there. In the meantime here is some Friday afternoon reading for you. On Monday I commented…
I meant to add that Richard Clarke’s most recent book, Your Government Failed You has a fantastic account about tracking Russian nuclear weapons deployments. The story, which involves the great Dennis Gormley, centers on Soviet units called “Mobile Technical Rocket…
Surprise, surprise. China has announced its intention to sell more nuclear power plants to Pakistan. Kyodo News reports: China has agreed to supply Pakistan with two additional nuclear power plants, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said here Saturday after…
Congress has mandated that the next administration complete a Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) by early 2010. Senators McCain and Obama have both indicated support for nuclear reductions consistent with sustaining deterrence, and there is growing bipartisan support for a serious…
I am in Shanghai, attending the Stanley Foundation’s US-China Regional Dialogue on Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation here at Fudan University. This is part of a two-week tour of China that will include Beijing and Qingdao. I should be able to…
