In December, I noted a story by Michael Isikoff in Newsweek that Condoleeza Rice would name Paul Wolfowitz to chair the State Department’s International Security Advisory Board. Well, it is official. (Bloomberg News has a nice exposition with a money…
Ever since then British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett got sacked a day or two after making a speech on disarmament at last year’s Carnegie Conference, British officials have been at pains to point out that the two events were entirely…
David Albright and Jackie Shirer have a really excellent op-ed in the Washington Post arguing that North Korea has significantly met its commitments to disable its plutonium production facilities and declare past nuclear activities. (For recent blog posts on disablement…
Five retired military strategists from key NATO countries — including Gen. John Shalikashvili, chairman of the Joint Chiefs under Pres. Clinton and former NATO commander — have authored a manifesto on NATO’s future saying among other things that: The first…
A couple of days ago, U.S. Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Jay Lefkowitz falsely claimed that the Administration was reviewing its support for the Six Party talks, announcing that “It is appropriate now to reevaluate – to…
This is a question that was discussed at a couple of meetings I attended last year. In the short-term, the objective is of course to get plutonium out of the reactor and into wet storage ASAP. Presumably, however, the US…
The Monopoly House on Euphrates Ave. is about 15 meters tall, or at least that is what one reader working from the angle of the sun calculates. Check out that and other good stuff in the comments.
I’ve noticed some confusion among folks about the disablement process in North Korea — let’s make this very, very clear. All of the disablement steps are believed completed save for the unloading of fuel, which was delayed by the need…
I came across this really cool resource today and thought I’d share it with my fellow wonks. It’s the complete library of reports prepared by the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, with links to the full text of each report.…
I’m tickled pink that my brief comment about the purpose of arms control in a recent post has already provoked debate. I think some of you are expecting me to argue to that, now the Cold War has ended, arms…
