Quote of the week: “Anyone attempting to understand why there has been no third world war confronts a problem not unlike that of Sherlock Holmes and the dog that did not bark in the night: how does one account for something that did not happen?” – John Lewis Gaddis How have we evaded major war …
Archives for March 2021
Britain Increases Its Defense Spending and Shortchanges Its Future
by | March 22, 2021 | No Comments
The Well-Read Wonk
by | March 16, 2021 | 1 Comment
Quote of the week: “That which can be named must exist. That which is named can be written. That which is written shall be remembered. That which is remembered lives.” — Egyptian Book of the Dead Moving on to the next fight over nuclear weapons and arms control is necessary, sometimes all consuming, and work/life …
Making the Easy Stuff Hard: Re-joining the JCPOA
by | March 10, 2021 | No Comments
Biden campaigned on rejoining the JCPOA, but some of that enthusiasm has dried up since he took office. Aaron and Jeffrey debate what’s going on, strategies for negotiating re-joining the JCPOA, and the fallacy of letting the perfect get in the way of the good as people begin to advocate for “waiting for a better …
Killing the ABM Treaty: A Retrospective
by | March 8, 2021 | No Comments
Quote of the week: “Most of what we call civilization depends on reciprocal vulnerability.” — Thomas Schelling Note to readers: Here’s a taste of my forthcoming book, ‘Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: The Rise, Demise, and Revival of Arms Control.’ George W. Bush is an admirable human being in many ways. He is deeply centered, …
New Construction at Yondoktong
by | March 2, 2021 | No Comments
Zach Cohen and Kylie Atwood have a story at CNN (New satellite images reveal North Korea took recent steps to conceal nuclear weapons site) that builds on some work Dave Schmerler and I did using images from Maxar. North Korea recently built a structure near Yongdoktong, where it stores its nuclear weapons, apparently to disguise …
