In societies where seniority is highly valued, it’s hard for young analytical talent to be heard, and even harder to connect across the India-Pakistan border, given the difficulties young analysts have in obtaining visas. Retired diplomats and military officers have cornered the market of punditry on the subcontinent. In Pakistan, commentators usually defend their military’s …
Acton on CPGS
by | 2013-09-08 | 6 Comments
James Acton has published an excellent new monograph on Conventional Prompt Global Strike, entitled Silver Bullet? Asking the Right Questions About Conventional Prompt Global Strike. You can watch or listen to James present the report. Like everything James writes, it is careful and nonpolemical. That always makes the competing headlines fun. Elaine Grossman went with …
North Korea Machine Tool Sites
by | 2013-09-04 | No Comments
I have a post up at 38North with my colleague Amber Lee looking at two sites linked to North Korea’s centrifuge program – the Huichon Ryonha General Machine Factory and the Kanggye General Tractor Plant. These plants have several different names over time and undergone a fair amount of modernization. It isn’t always easy to …
Russian Early Warning
by | 2013-09-03 | 43 Comments
Update | 10:19 am PST 4 September 2013 Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov (aka Anatoly Anin aka Tolya aka Huggy Bear) made a reference to the 1995 Norwegian sounding rocket episode in terms of explaining why Russia is less than happy with the launch. “Antonov called on those who launched the so-called missile-like targets to …
