Well, we finally have some clarity on that very strange post on an IRGC website about the day after Iran’s first nuclear test. It appears that the website in question, Gerdab.ir, reposted content from an Iranian blog. The blogger-in-question appears to have contacted Julian Borger, who wrote the original story for The Guardian. He also (it …
Day After Iran’s First Nuclear Test
by | 2011-06-15 | 79 Comments
If you don’t own Michael Light’s 100 Suns, you should. I keep seeing references to this story, posted on an IRGC website, entitled The Day After the First Iranian Nuclear Test: A Normal Day. It is a very strange story — a satirical look at the day after an Iranian nuclear test — that is definitely …
Hubert Horatio Humphrey
by | 2011-06-14 | 1 Comment
On the 100th year anniversary of his birth, recognition is due for Hubert Humphrey’s many accomplishments, one of which was to spur the creation of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
Greetings from Seoul
by | 2011-06-13 | 4 Comments
I am in Seoul to attend the Asan Plenum, which the Asan Institute is hosting in advance of the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. I am on four panels — no, that is not a typo. Buy me a drink and I will explain how that happens. I’ve already given a talk on Myanmar, with …
