In May, North Korea released pictures of the Kim Jong Un watching the launch of what appears to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile. Jeffrey sits down with Melissa Hanham and Dave Schmerler to discuss open source and the DPRK’s SLBM program. Sponsor: Tinderbox – a personal content assistant that helps you visualize, analyze, and share your notes. …
Egypt, the Spoiler
by | 2015-06-17 | 6 Comments
Five years ago (5/6/10), during the 2010 NPT Review Conference, you can find my blog post on “Egypt, the Spoiler?” After the 2015 RevCon, we can dispense with the question mark. What happened in New York was symptomatic of a broader malaise affecting arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament: acts of personal and national projection without …
Prelims on the Subcontinent
by | 2015-06-08 | 51 Comments
[Note: This post has been corrected.] Very bad news often follows when adversaries give up on improved relations. We’re at this juncture now on the Subcontinent. High-ranking Indian and Pakistani officials are lobbing over-heated public recriminations about abetting terrorism in each other’s sensitive spaces. Pakistan has elevated the Kashmir issue – never a good sign …
Notes from the REVCON III
by | 2015-06-08 | 7 Comments
Gaukhar is back with the third and final installment of her posts from the 2015 NPT REVCON. If you are interested, we’ve also posted two podcasts in the NPT REVCON Follies, one with Gaukhar and another with Andrea Berger. The RevCon of Our Discontent: The Post Mortem Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova Have you forgotten all about the …
