Fellow ACW readers, can you recall a time when the world seemed more inflamed and disordered? Governed spaces are shrinking. Wild men lay waste. The dogs of war have been unleashed and peaceful settlements seem more distant than ever. “World Wars” and “splendid little wars” are historical phenomena. The twenty-first century has given us a …
Bye-Bye Bipartisanship
by | 2014-07-16 | 13 Comments
A friend and I have an ongoing debate about the reasons for the plague of partisan rancor now afflicting Washington in general and arms control in particular. For my friend, the passage of the Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) was the Rubicon. Before Obamacare, he points out that important domestic legislation received bipartisan support. These …
The Motorcycle Diaries: Japan’s Nuclear Program
by | 2014-07-16 | No Comments
Has the focus on the unlikely possibility of a nuclear-armed Japan distracted from more important policy challenges that threaten the shared interests of the United States and Japan in arms control, disarmament, and nonproliferation? Should policymakers take Japanese “nut-jobs” seriously? How has the domino theory of proliferation hindered more serious discussions about nuclear issues in …
Why No One Will Ever Build Another Nagasaki Type Bomb
by | 2014-07-15 | 14 Comments
This is a guest post on behalf of ACW reader and occasional contributor Chris Camp. The first Atomic bombs, Trinity, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, hold an outsized place in our perceptions of what a nuclear weapon should be. Certainly they were notable as the first bombs, the only ones used in anger, and the most famous devices …
