Disarmament Diplomacy and the Ban Treaty
Quote of the week: “Our world will be a safer and healthier place when we can admit that every time we make an atomic bomb we corrupt the morals of a host of innocent neutrons below the age of consent.”…
May 2017
16 posts
Brixey-Williams on the legal implications of the nuclear ban
This is a guest post by BASIC Project Leader Sebastian Brixey-Williams. The legal implications of the nuclear ban: separating fact from fiction The nuclear ban treaty’s draft text is out, and the arms control community is beavering away trying to…
BORA! BORA! BORA!
Turkey released footage of a test of a short-range ballistic missile, Roketsan’s Bora/Khan. You know the Arms Control Wonk rule, test a new missile, get a podcast. Jeffrey and Aaron discuss Turkey’s defense industries, armed forces, and cooperation in developing…
On guard: North Korean private security and the UN
Malaysian-North Korean relations have been imploding since the assassination of Kim Jong Nam in Kuala Lumpur Airport, and the subsequent revelations that North Korea has been doing a whole lot of other shady things on Malaysian soil. If you haven’t…
The 1st Nuclear Ban Draft is Out
Long time reader, first time Wonker. My thanks to the Wonk-Supreme for allowing me to contribute. The president of the negotiations for a nuclear weapons ban convention has just released her first draft of the proposed treaty. As will become…
What’s the Objective in a Nuclear War?
Quote of the week: “You show me a Secretary of Defense who’s planning not to prevail [in a nuclear war] and I’ll show you a Secretary of Defense who ought to be impeached.” —Caspar Weinberger, New York Times, August 24,…
North Korean WMD: A Guide to Online Resources
North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs are the topic du jour in the WMD world, but if you’re trying to get smart about the subject, where should you turn? The amount of material never gets any smaller, and you’ve nearly got to be…
Hwasong 10 and 12 missiles.
I made a thing to help compare the Hwasong-10 and Hwasong-12 missiles. A lot of people are rushing out their analysis. We’d like to get it right before publishing. I am old fashioned like that.
Daniel Salisbury: A Malaysian Shipyard with North Korean Connections?
This is a guest post by CNS Postdoctoral Fellow Daniel Salisbury. The assassination in February of Kim Jong Un’s half-brother Kim Jong Nam at Kuala Lumpur airport has turned international attention to North Korea’s other shady activities in Malaysia. A…
Guest Post: The Chinpo Shipping Case Implodes
A guest post from my colleague Andrea Berger: Chinpo Shipping (Private) Pty is our model proliferation finance prosecution. Or at least it was, until last week, when it all came apart at the seams. In June 2014, Singaporean prosecutors filed…
