As you probably know, the IAEA Board of Governors is meeting June 6-10 in Vienna, with a major fight looming over Syria. The US and 12 other countries will table a resolution at the BOG to find Syria in breach of its safeguards obligations and to report Syria to the United Nations Security Council. Arms …
More Saudi/Storm Shadow/MTCR
by | 2011-06-07 | No Comments
We have a pretty impressive discussion thread going on the issue of the UK sale of the Storm Shadow LACM to Saudi Arabia. If you read the original post, you should also take a look at the comments. We’ve got some real talent kicking this thing around. After the jump, some of the stuff I …
Who Will Host the Fuel Bank?
by | 2011-06-01 | 2 Comments
The IAEA has begun circulating a document soliciting a host for the IAEA Fuel Bank. Arms Control Wonk.com has the full text of GOV/INF/2011/7 Assurance of Supply: IAEA Low Enriched Uranium Bank, Solicitation for Host State. Kazakhstan is the only state that, as far as I know, has expressed an interest in hosting the fuel …
Seven Days in May
by | 2011-06-01 | 21 Comments
Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb gets all the attention, but there are other great cinematic period pieces about the Bomb. My suggestion for wonkish Netflix lists is Seven Days in May (1964). Frederic March plays a wise and tired President – think of Ike, but …
