George Bunn, a gentle spirit with a fixed resolve to help make the world less hospitable to nuclear weapons, died on Sunday. In an earlier post, I referred to George as a norm builder — one facet of a life well-lived. Some of the others can be found in this obituary released by Stanford University: …
The Tortoise and the Hare: A Rebuttal
by | 2013-04-23 | 29 Comments
In an earlier post and in an op-ed published by the International Herald Tribune on April 5th, I’ve likened the nuclear competition on the subcontinent to Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare. Here’s the language I used in the IHT piece: Pakistan, whose economy and domestic cohesion are steadily worsening, is the hare, …
FYRP: Keep Calm and Carry On
by | 2013-04-18 | 6 Comments
Another installment of your new favorite post! National Journal | It’s starting to feel like Fall 2001 all over again, says George Condon, Jr., what with terrorism and all in the USA. I may be young, George, but it’s really nothing like then. Korea Herald | North Korea is not poised to attack the South, says senior …
Every War Must End
by | 2013-04-17 | 14 Comments
Every war must end, but few end well. Fred Charles Iklé has written a slim but essential book on this subject. Fred’s bottom line: government leaders that make momentous decisions to go to war, or decisions that could lead to war, are obliged to have military and diplomatic strategies to end hostilities on favorable terms. …
