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. …
North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal: Guide for the Perplexed
by | 2013-04-15 | 33 Comments
So, has North Korea’s Sputnik moment arrived at last? After Pyongyang’s first successful space launch in December, its third nuclear test in February, and a barrage of threats — including the recent matter of a map purporting to show targets in the United States — at least some Americans do seem to be getting the intended message, …
