I have previously noted the importance of reading very, very closely the utterances of the Great Fitzpatrick. Another case in point: On March 15, Mark gave a talk at the Daiwa Foundation Japan House in which he “predicted trouble” over the DPRK moratorium on long-range missiles launches “because North Korea does not consider space-launch rockets …
Honest Johns in Korea
by | 2012-03-15 | 8 Comments
I find it hard to believe that one could confuse a nuclear weapon with a latrine, but during the 1970s anything was possible.
The Gift of Giving
by | 2012-03-12 | 10 Comments
Readers beware: The next two posts are ridden with conflicts of interest. Policy entrepreneurship to reduce nuclear dangers would dry up without foundations. National leaders and bureaucracies are too consumed by their daily calendars to serve as their own think tanks. Instead, they borrow, embrace, implement or oppose initiatives that come from outside their ranks. …
Tuppenny Trident?
by | 2012-03-05 | 55 Comments
In case you haven’t been watching, some very interesting fissures are now evident in the support for an independent British nuclear deterrent. This is going to be very interesting. There are two factors at play — the looming UK budget crisis and the possibility of an independent Scotland. Together, these two factors may achieve something …
