Former French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has written an article for The Washington Quarterly that dishes some of the dirt about negotiations leading up to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — better known as the Iran Deal. Jeffrey and Aaron discuss what the revelations mean for the past and present of the US-Iran …
Pakistan’s Choice
by | 2016-10-16 | 20 Comments
Since testing nuclear weapons in 1998, Pakistan has lost while India has gained regional and international standing. Pakistan has also become less confident of its national security as the United States has gravitated toward India and as Pakistan’s own ties with states in the region have frayed. This wasn’t supposed to happen: Pakistan tested nuclear devices …
The Well-Read Wonk on Democracy & the Bomb
by | 2016-10-11 | 4 Comments
Almost every contemporary issue having to do with nuclear weapons has been considered in earlier debates. Indeed, the earlier the better, since it’s easier for strategic analysts to be prescient when starting from scratch. Hence, my periodic encouragement to new readers of ACW to read the early work of Bernard Brodie, especially his thin edited …
ICBM Basing Modes
by | 2016-10-10 | 5 Comments
There is a healthy debate about how much a new ICBM will cost the US Air Force. One question is whether to base the new missile in silos or consider something more … exotic.
