The Well Read Wonk (cont.)
Quote of the week: “When I was 34, I wanted bling, because it persuaded me that I was special. When I was 44, I wanted blinis, because they made me feel sophisticated. When I was 54, I just want martinis,…
2019
104 posts
Iran and (more) Nuclear Archive
A nuclear archive. JCPOA news. B-52 bomber task forces. A naval armada. And Scuds on ships. What could go wrong? To break down all things Iran, Jeffrey and Aaron spoke about the latest happenings in and with Iran.
Will India and Pakistan Be Able to Step Back from Nuclear Danger?
Verse of the week: Surely we can talk again, without using cloven tongues that lisp and hiss cleft meanings, disguising our true intent. — “Surely We Can Talk Again,” Fakir Aijazuddin Dark clouds are gathering. The Trump administration seems headed…
North Korea’s New Short-Range Missile
Launch a missile, get a podcast. North Korea launched a short-range missile over the weekend and a Planet satellite was there to see it. Jeffrey and Anne discuss the one in a million picture, the missile itself and what it…
Holy Smokes: North Korea’s Missile Launch in 3D
North Korea conducted a military drill beginning around 9am local time on May 4, featuring some newly-developed weapons systems. One of these systems was a never-before-seen-fired short-range ballistic missile (SRBM). Our friends at Planet captured a couple images of one…
Robert S. McNamara, Arms Control Hero
Quote of the Week: “Mr. Prime Minister [Kosygin], if you put a defense in place, we’re going to have to expand our nuclear offensive forces. You may think, as the Congress apparently does, that a proper response to the Soviet…
The Establishment, R.I.P., and Next Gen Arms Control
Verse of the week: “Back and forth, back and forth goes the tock, tock, tock of the orange, bland, ambassadorial face of the moon on the grandfather clock All autumn, the chafe and jar of nuclear war; we have talked…
KSA and Part 810: Inform Congress
On April 18, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) published a brief on how the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) allows U.S. nuclear vendor firms to provide assistance and transfer technology to their foreign partners under 10 C.F.R. Part 810 regulations,…
The Golden Age of Nuclear Arms Control
Quote of the week: “The fear of the bomb is not the beginning of wisdom. Fearful men have a kind of foresight, but in their partial view of the future all signs point to a foregone conclusion. How else could…
KSA: Outliers and Firewalls
The recent attention given to a U.S. Congressional report, and especially its allegations of secrecy and potentially illegal actions concerning individuals close to President Donald Trump, raises the question whether advisers to the President could engineer the export of nuclear…