So the well-intended states and civil society groups in New York have produced a second draft of the nuclear weapons ban convention. The draft shows real work, and drafters deserve credit for some notable improvements. However, aside from questionable nature of the exercise to begin with, the second draft retains many of the specific problems …
Anheung Proving Ground
by | 2017-06-28 | No Comments
Pssssst! Want to see South Korea’s missile test site?
U.S.-Pakistan Relations: Duplicity, Betrayal, or National Interests?
by | 2017-06-23 | 5 Comments
Quote of the week: “I heard the president [Reagan] ask Zia how he would handle the fact that they would be violating their agreement [to ‘prevent within its territory the training, equipping, financing and recruiting of mercenaries from whatever origin for the purpose of hostile activities’ against Afghanistan]. Zia replied that they would ‘just lie …
Moon’s Phase-Out: What does it imply?
by | 2017-06-22 | 2 Comments
Moon Jae-in, the newly-elected President of the Republic of Korea, has vowed to wind down Korea’s nuclear power program. Because Korea steadily built up its nuclear industry for four decades, has 25 power reactors generating nearly a third of its electricity, and is now exporting modern nuclear power plants, Moon’s statements about nuclear energy have …
