Arms Control Wonk

Episode29 min

The Wollo-Ri Suspected Nuclear Warhead Manufacturing Facility

Another day, another suspected nuclear facility in North Korea. Anne and Jeffrey discuss the Wollo-ri Suspected Nuclear Warhead Manufacturing Facility.  They discuss how the CNS team has monitored this site since 2015, the satellite imagery analysis that went into it,…

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Wollo-ri Nuclear Facility

This is the analysis that accompanies the CNN story titled “New satellite imagery shows activity at suspected North Korean nuclear facility” by Zachary Cohen. The Wollo-ri Suspected Nuclear Warhead Manufacturing Facility Catherine Dill, David Laboon, Jeffrey Lewis, David Schmerler In…

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Mysterious Explosions in Iran

In a cross-over podcast with FPRI’s Middle East Brief, Aaron speaks with Fabian Hinz, a frequent guest on the podcast, about the recent explosions in Iran and what open source intelligence has revealed about the two incidents. You can find…

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Count Every Warhead: A Critique

Lyrics of the week I’m looking and I’m dreaming for the first time I’m inside and I’m outside at the same time And everything is real Do I like the way I feel? When the world crashes in into my…

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A Satellite Imagery Review of the Pyongsan Uranium Mill

The Pyongsan Uranium Concentration Plant and its associated mine are North Korea’s only publicly acknowledged source of uranium yellowcake. [1] From this site, uranium yellowcake is reportedly sent either to the Yongbyon nuclear complex for conversion into fuel elements for…

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Trump & Bolton

Lyric of the week: I’m the jewel in the crown of the mighty Kings of Africa. I’m the hand on the shaft of the spear that slew the lion. I’m the soul clenched like a fist on the demon slave…

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Trilateral Negotiations to Count Every Warhead

Lyric of the week: “Hey! Said my name is called Disturbance” – Rolling Stones, “Street Fighting Man” Strategic arms control has served us well. We have all been safer because of it. Starting from scratch with Richard Nixon and Leonid…

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Hope

Quotes of the week: “These are the times that try men’s souls.” “To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to…