Arms Control and the Aging Process
Lyric of the week: And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgement of all wrong They decide and the shotgun sings the song … Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I’ll get on my…
Tag: INF Treaty
For Treaty Trashers, Nothing is Better than Something
Lyric of the week: “Watch out, you might get what you’re after Boom babies strange but not a stranger I’m an ordinary guy Burning down the house” — David Byrne, “Burning Down the House” in the Stop Making Sense album…
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.”…
Responding to the INF Treaty Violation
Quote of the Week: “I don’t think even the surreptitious and very disagreeable deployment of a hundred SS-20s would have a very significant military effect. I think the SS-20s, in my judgment, in fact, is not a terribly useful military…
The Negotiating Endgame in Iran
The negotiating endgame with Iran is upon us. The Obama administration had no choice but to hold fast to the March 31st deadline, allowing further time only to add detail if a framework agreement can be reached. Restiveness on Capitol…
Responding to Treaty Violations
Gray-haired readers of ACW will remember when the acronym RSVP was treaty-related. During the first term of the Reagan administration, arms-control opponents compiled a long list of the Kremlin’s treaty violations and circumventions, real or imagined. They then commissioned studies…
Pendulum Swings
There is no such thing as an isolated nuclear-related event. One development feeds into the next, whether positive or negative. The history of the Bomb is about good streaks and bad streaks. Right now, we’re in a bad streak. But…
