Two decades of Stimson Center Research Assistants and interns have compiled a chronology of confidence-building measures between India and Pakistan. I asked the most recent keeper of this database, Drew Stommes, to help me discover patterns in these data points. In a nutshell, here is what we found: 1. Every year, there are usually multiple …
The Button
by | 2012-09-05 | 7 Comments
Is that a plastic model of Obama with his hand on the proverbial button? Turns out, it is a little red phone. The product is an “Obama 3 am Phone Call Squeezable Figure.” It reminds my of my favorite Onion headline in recent years: Obama Makes It Through Another Day Of Resisting Urge To Launch All …
China Exports SWU
by | 2012-09-04 | 13 Comments
Did you know that China occasionally exports enrichment services? I didn’t. But, sure enough, they do from time to time.
Worth the Wait
by | 2012-08-31 | 22 Comments
Big Brother and the Holding Company I could do without, but I’ve been waiting four decades for someone with Janis Joplin’s raw talent and intensity. Finally, along comes Brittany Howard of the Alabama Shakes. Patience can sometimes be rewarded. There is now considerable impatience directed at President Obama for not doing more and working faster …
