Note to readers: One of the many challenges we face in trying to reduce nuclear dangers is how to engage China, India, and Pakistan into a diplomatic process, multilateral and bilateral, that strengthens and lengthens two of the norms we live by: no battlefield use and no testing of nuclear weapons. To learn more, check …
Which President Was Best for Arms Control?
by | 2021-11-09 | No Comments
Quote of the week: “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” — Bobby Unser When it comes to arms control, presidents are hamstrung or empowered by historical context. It also helps to be a Republican because Republican presidents have far more leeway than Democrats when it comes to the pursuit of arms control. The more …
What Would Nuclear Peace Look Like?
by | 2021-11-01 | No Comments
Quotes of the week: “For the first time in our lives, we can feel the disturbing vibrations of complete human readjustment. Usually the vibrations are so faint as to go unnoticed. This time, they are so strong that even the ending of a war is overshadowed.” — E.B. White, The New Yorker, 1945 “Now, I am …
North Korea’s Small SLBM
by | 2021-10-27 | No Comments
North Korea seems to be taking its new, small, solid propellant missiles to the sea, after taking them to the show. Perennial friend of the pod and aficionado of all things submarine Joseph Dempsey of the International Institute of Strategic Studies returns to talk to Jeffrey about what it is that the DPRK tested this …
