That’s what Jacqueline Shire is reporting over at ABCNews.com: Sources with knowledge of Iran’s nuclear program tell ABC News that a senior Iranian official notified the IAEA verbally over the weekend of its intention to introduce uranium hexafluoride gas, or…
I am going to be spending the next week in Cambridge MA and Colorado Springs, CO. That is going to make blogging hard, so I’ve asked the lovely and talented Jane Vaynman, of the Carnegie Endowment, to blog in my…
Sandia officials tell John Fleck that the R NEP sled test will not be conducted at Sandia: That has prompted speculation that the Sandia test would go forward. Jeffrey Lewis … discussed the issue most recently last week. If the…
I’ve written a short analysis, Curious Sanctions, for the Carnegie Endowment’s Proliferation News about the US sanctions imposed on two Indian chemical companies. By its own count, the Bush Administration has imposed sanctions at a significantly greater rate than the…
Go ahead and press play (Or view it here if you have browser trouble). The clip is real—it is taken from a real 2003 BBC Documentary called The Real Dr. Evil (You can download the entire documentary). Chosun Ilbo even…
Ian Cobain has a pair of stories in The Guardian summarizing a “report from a leading EU intelligence service” used “to warn off EU companies from doing business” with front companies for foreign WMD programs: The 55-page intelligence assessment, dated…
The city of Mianyang, in Sichuan Province, is China’s third most suitable city for living, according to a series of interviews conducted by Beijing-based Horizon Group. The main facilities for the China Academy of Engineering Physics are located in Mianyang.…
Each New Year, the Pope issues a Message for the World Day of Peace. This year, Pope Benedict’s Message for the World Day of Peace contains three paragraphs dedicated to the cause of disarmament, including this paragraph on the moral…
During his talk at the IFPA-Fletcher New Triad Conference, General James “Hoss” Cartwright mentioned his blog. How did I miss this? Back in March, “Timmer” at The Daily Brief noted that General Cartwright had been “talking up his Command and…
The Department of States has published the imposition of sanctions on eight firms in the Federal Register, as reported by Bill Gertz and David Sanger. I’ve updated my previous post to reflect official statements by both Indian firms that exported…
