The first strategic arms control talks between Washington and Moscow were handled poorly by the Nixon White House. President Richard Nixon and national security adviser Henry Kissinger didn’t trust their bureaucracy or U.S. negotiators, which they sent off on wild…
So, looking for something in a nuclear power plant, but not too big and not too expensive? How about a small, modular liquid-metal reactor, provided with its fuel installed? Look no further than the 100 MWe SVBR-100, shipped direct to…
This person has a nice photostream with shots of Geneva, including the Maison Tavel. It is that time of year — UNIDIR is talking space, so I am off to Geneva to discuss the finer points of verification. I intend…
Here is the White House Fact Sheet on the terms of the New START Treaty (which we will be calling the Prague Treaty). I’ve got a bunch of meetings all day, but will try to put something up over the…
DNI has released the July-December 2009 721 Report. I wish they just saved the text as a .pdf, rather than scanning it and converting the images. Update | 2:14 pm And by “late,” I meant “second half of.” It is,…
Some organizations are purposefully designed to require a high degree of consensus before acting in deference to minority rights. The obvious example is the UN Security Council, where all five permanent members have veto privileges when dealing with threats to…
I hate posting on top of Josh’s fantastic AQ Khan post. Go read that first. I don’t think I got around to mentioning the article on regional nuclear weapons free zones that I wrote for Janes Intelligence Review (Regional restraint…
This magazine cover irritated A.Q. Khan. Hey, it could have been worse. (A friendly warning: this is a long post.) [Update | 2153. A few clarifications and elaborations have been added at the end. Look for the numbered notes sprinkled…
“ ‘Where did this intel come from? Did we get it from the UN?’ ‘No, it’s been vetted by the US Government.’ ” Or words to that effect, I don’t have a transcript for the movie The Green Zone. I’m…
Proliferation for profit is in the air. You can hardly turn on your TV or radio without seeing David Albright talking about his excellent new book, “Peddling Peril.” I have long advocated thinking about proliferation as a business and applying…
