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Amid reports that North Korea is preparing to launch another missile and fears it may conduct additional nuclear tests, KCNA has released one hell of a statement. This is going to get worse before it gets better. DPRK Foreign Ministry…
The UK Ambassador for Multilateral Arms Control and Disarmament, John Duncan, tweeted the news: After more than a decade of deadlock the Conference of Disarmament today took the historic decision to restart work. It is so nice to have a…
Gregory Kulacki and I often grouse about which portions of the Chinese arms control discussion get translated into English. (I grouse especially, since I can’t work in Chinese.) Gregory has taken matters into his own hands, beginning a translation project.…
Reading takes mere opinion to the next level. So what are the best articles ever written on nuclear weapons and arms control? I tried my hand at this for ForeignPolicy.com a while back, but my submission was buried and received…
That’s the “does not equal” sign up there. I overlooked something important earlier when discussing what the U.S. government knew about North Korea’s nuclear test preparations and when they knew it: There are two possibilities. Either A) the Obama Administration…
More data is becoming available on Monday’s nuclear test. NORSAR has published the waveform data from two of their stations. The primary wave is very noticeable and sharp, which indicates a man-made explosive event (earthquakes tend to brew a while…
The wolves are at the doorstep of the National Nuclear Security Administration. Several months into the Obama Administration, we still don’t have a new Administrator. Part of the issue is that, in a few years, NNSA may no longer exist.…
an•tip•o•dal 1: of or relating to the antipodes ; specifically : situated at the opposite side of the earth or moon (an antipodal meridian, an antipodal continent) 2: diametrically opposite (an antipodal point on a sphere) 3: entirely opposed (a…
Given the topicality of nuclear testing, today’s entry from the shoe box files deals with General Curtis LeMay on the perils of an atmospheric nuclear test ban treaty. In 1991, Dan Caldwell and I edited a book on The Politics…
[Cross-posted from TotalWonkerr.com. Yep, it’s back up.] What should we expect from North Korea? A good place to start might be the Foreign Ministry statement of April 29: In case the UNSC does not make an immediate apology [for the…
