Full Text of the Syria Briefing
From a reader. Update: Since the full text is now online at the DNI website, I have moved the full text to the comments.
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Why now?
First off, the Syrian video is now public: Online Videos by Veoh.com Second, I have one more question to add to Jeffrey’s list: “why now?” This has been bugging me for the last 24 hours. Prima facie it makes no…
First Evidence BoE Was a Reactor
Robin Wright at the Washington Post and David Sanger at the New York Times are reporting that CIA Director Michael Hayden and other intelligence officials will brief the House and Senate Intelligence, Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees on the…
Fuel Assurance: Past as Prelude?
I just returned from an informative lunch at the Council on Foreign Relations featuring Ambassador Tetsuya Endo, who chaired a recent Japanese government task force on nuclear energy. Fuel assurance was a prominent theme in the not-for-attribution discussion, and I…
Hecker on Disablement
Wow, somehow I totally missed that Sig Hecker published the North Korean disablement steps in his last trip report from North Korea : The following constitute the 12 disablement actions as defined by Yongbyon officials: Fuel Fabrication Facility 1) Removal…
Three Scenarios for the NORKs
The last week or so has seen an interesting development with regard to North Korea (even if the image above is rather retro now). As part of the Valentine’s eve agreement, North Korea is required to declare all its nuclear…
Anyone for a Masters?
Well, not so much self promotion as advertising… Any of you thinking about doing a Masters starting in the autumn might like to consider King’s College London’s MA in Science and Security or our brand new MA in Nonproliferation and…
How Many Nukes to Deter China?
After provocative articles in Foreign Affairs (The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy), International Security (The End of MAD? The Nuclear Dimension of U.S. Primacy) and The Atlantic (Superiority Complex: Why America’s growing nuclear supremacy may make war with China more…
Dutch Ice Hockey
The Second CWC Review Conference (2008) has a nice website and some excellent live blogging by Cheryl Voss and Daniel Feakes. Somehow, though, they both missed (I stand corrected). Cheryl Vos noticed an extraordinary statement by the Dutch Foreign Minister…
NAF Talk on Iran
I just got back from the States on Friday, and now I’m off to Brussels for a trip to NATO HQ with some students. Elaine Grossman at Global Security Newswire reported on my talk at the New America Foundation —…