Abbottabad is a quiet, lovely city. The Stimson Center convened a Track II workshop there for rising Pakistani strategic analysts. The city’s most prominent feature is Kakul, the Pakistani military academy where outstanding recruits begin their studies and service careers. On April 23rd, the Pakistani Chief of Army Staff, General Ashfaq Kayani, visited Kakul to …
The Thing Is Superb Physics
by | 2011-04-30 | 19 Comments
“Laßt mich in Ruhe mit euren Gewissensbissen, das ist doch so schöne Physik!” –Enrico Fermi, arguing with his colleagues on the Manhattan Project about the ethical implications of developing the atomic bomb. What? I thought Enrico Fermi was Italian! And why were they arguing in German at Los Alamos? Didn’t the security people freak out? …
A Belated, Happy Easter
by | 2011-04-26 | 21 Comments
Reader MP sends along a picture of nine easter eggs — one for each state with nuclear weapons
William C. Foster
by | 2011-04-26 | 2 Comments
The most successful and longest serving Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency was the first man to hold this job, William C. Foster. During his tenure, the United States negotiated the Limited Test Ban Treaty and the Nonproliferation Treaty, despite strenuous political, bureaucratic, and diplomatic opposition. Foster’s influence and skills had much to …
