Edward Geist has created a Python library of nuclear weapons effects, including Soviet models. If there was ever a reason for this blog to exist, announcing something like this is pretty much it. Introducing GLASSTONE—a Python library for modeling nuclear weapons effects Edward Geist Unfortunately, the public has been kept in the dark about nuclear …
Evaluating the Visit to Hiroshima
by | 2016-05-31 | 10 Comments
What are we to make of President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima? To my ear, President Obama’s speech was oddly unequal to the occasion – and not just because he signaled no new efforts to move in the direction of his aspirational goal of a world without nuclear weapons. Mr. Obama was obliged to repeat this …
Announcing Geo4Nonpro!
by | 2016-05-30 | 4 Comments
There’s a lot of hype about the use of both commercial satellite imagery and crowdsourcing for verification activities. Well, I decided to put those two hands together and build a website with Jeffrey and Catherine (it’s why you haven’t heard from me in forever). Welcome to www.geo4nonpro.org! The idea is to invite a “curated” crowd …
Admitting Non-NPT Members: Questions for the NSG
by | 2016-05-15 | 5 Comments
The Nuclear Suppliers Group in coming weeks may consider an application for membership from India, and perhaps also from Pakistan. Both states possess nuclear weapons and are outside the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Hence, they are states whose nuclear weapon activities the NSG has actively sought to inhibit. In its scope and activities, the NSG …
