Reader Chris Camp, who submitted as essay on disarmament “winners and losers“, has been thinking about the curious tale of Red Mercury lately. He sends along this dispatch: The curious tale of Red Mercury by Chris Camp In the lore of any field there are stories that, while not driving the narrative forward, give it …
FYRP: Iran Talks, Round 2
by | 2013-11-19 | 14 Comments
Well, it’s been a while, but it has returned! Safeguards Report – IAEA Board of Governors | “No additional major components have been installed at the IR-40 Reactor; the production of UO2 for fuel assemblies for the reactor has continued at FMP; no additional fuel assemblies have yet been completed.” That’s a win. Although we …
Optimists and Cynics
by | 2013-11-18 | 15 Comments
All of the significant gains in the field of arms control were the result of stubborn optimism mixed with idealism. Pessimists thought nuclear arms control was a fool’s errand, bound to end very badly, like naval arms control in the 1920s and 1930s. It was preposterous to think that the superpowers could agree to refrain …
Will Gravity Lift the Space Code of Conduct?
by | 2013-11-11 | 12 Comments
Space may be the final frontier, but it’s also the cosmic dust that we’re made of. Our lineage traces back to seawater, as well. Is that why we humans stare out into space and the ocean? Two wordless and magnificent movie scenes book-end our connection to the cosmos. The first, as you probably figured, is …
