The Obama administration has gotten off to a much delayed start by unveiling the unclassified version of its National Space Policy on June 28th. The crafting of specific diplomatic initiatives will follow. The administration has accentuated the differences between its…
Reading the tea leaves at KCNA is always fraught with peril, but Josh Pollack noticed a wrinkle in what appears to be North Korea’s latest threat to conduct another nuclear test (or, really, demonstration). North Korea is again indicating that…
Iran’s enrichment effort continues to move forward as their scientists and technicians continue their relentless pursuit of ever higher enrichment levels, and ever more effective centrifuges. At least that’s the official story, eagerly broadcast by Iranian officials. Few have probably…
The 1987 INF Treaty broke the back of the nuclear arms race, completely changed the tenor of U.S. – Soviet relations, and ushered in previously inconceivable intrusive inspections. Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev accomplished these results by rejecting nuclear orthodoxy.…
In the second of the public service announcements, I’d like to share one event today in DC for the fellow wonks. The book event is at CATO today at noon entitled Exporting the Bomb: Technology Transfer and the Spread of…
Monday, the wonk world was briefly aflutter with the news reported by the Chosun Ilbo: a radionuclide detection station in South Korea had caught a strong whiff of xenon, whose radioactive isotopes are the products of nuclear fission. The Chosun’s…
There has been a back-and-forth about whether the New START Treaty limits or constrains US missile defense capabilities. The central issue is whether a prohibition on further conversion of ICBM silos is a constraint, or irrelevant since the Missile Defense…
There are going to be a lot of changes at Arms Control Wonk over the next month, including the departure of a few friends, the arrival of new ones and a spiffy new site. For my part, blogging may be…
In our best attempt to fully inform our valued readers, I will be providing regular announcements a few times a week of upcoming arms control/ nuclear weapons/ wonky events in the DC area. I’ll also handle requests from readers. So,…
Glenn T. Seaborg knew about the Bomb from the inside out: he discovered plutonium, worked at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, served on the General Advisory Committee during the Truman administration, and accepted President Kennedy’s offer to become Chairman of the…
