Avatar photoGuest Post: Consequences of Testing an H-Bomb in the Pacific

Friend and CNS Scientist-in-Residence Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress has written a detailed primer on what might happen if North Korea detonates a hydrogen bomb over the waters of the Pacific Ocean. We’re pleased to bring it to you here. Effects of a Potential Thermonuclear Test by North Korea in the Pacific Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress For more than fifty …

Avatar photoDomestic UDMH Production in the DPRK

We were surprised by the recent debate about whether North Korea can domestically produce UDMH.  Working with my colleagues at CNS, we have translated several North Korean scientific papers documenting North Korea’s domestic production of UDMH and identified at least one of the sites probably associated with UDMH production, the February 8 Vinalon Complex in …

Avatar photoTwo Fantasists, No Exit Strategy

Quotes of the week: “This is a presidency whose defining feature isn’t ideology, much less policy. It’s neurosis.” —Bret Stephens, New York Times “If in a fit of pique he decides to do something about Kim Jong Un, there’s actually very little to stop him. The whole system is built to ensure rapid response if …

Avatar photoBanks and the Bomb

Proliferators not only need to move goods around the world to support their WMD and missile programs, they need to move money too.   How do they get into the international financial system undetected? Can banks do more to stop them? Who is leading the global charge on countering proliferation finance? Andrea talks to Tom Keatinge, a …