After a bit of reading, I have a couple of things to add to Jeffrey’s post on Doug Jehl’s Nov.24 NYT article. The first two items are previous public statements from some pretty high-ranking US officials on Pakistan’s assistance to…
Not saying this matters, but… Powell in a November 26 interview with People magazine: “I love ABBA and I love pop kind of stuff and musicals…”
“Deal Imperiled as Iran Hesitates” (Washington Post) “Iranians Refuse to Terminate Nuclear Plans” (New York Times) “Iran: Nuclear resolution unacceptable” (CNN) “Iran says European position at nuclear talks still unacceptable” (AFP) “Diplomats Say Iran Uranium Deal Salvaged” (AP) “EU Stands…
I’ve now had an opportunity to spend considerable time looking at the declassified documents in Tracking the Dragon: Selected National Intelligence Estimates on China, 1948-1976. Despite my initial reaction that the release was a real goldmine, I can’t help but…
John Fleck, a writer for the Albuquerque Journal, has a weblog on nuclear issues, NukeBeat. Cool.
You may have noticed that the New York Times ran a story entitled “C.I.A. Says Pakistanis Gave Iran Nuclear Aid” that led: A new report from the Central Intelligence Agency says the arms trafficking network led by the Pakistani scientist…
Both Washington and Tehran are both balking at the EU’s draft IAEA resoution. The resolution hints that the IAEA will refer Iran to the Security Council if it resumes uranium enrichment. That goes too far for Tehran and not far…
In June, ArmsControlWonk.com reported that Representative David Hobson (R-OH), chairman of the House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee, had eliminated almost $100 million worth of nuclear weapons related spending in the FY 2005 Appropriations Bill including: * $27.6 million for…
Peter Beaumont, writing in the British paper The Observer, captures my feelings about the role of domestic politics in Iran perfectly. The European view, which has sought to negotiate a uranium enrichment freeze rather than confront Tehran, is more subtle…
In March 1969, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird was asked “Did the deployment by the Russians of their antiballistic missile system around Moscow and Leningrad encourage us to negotiate or didn’t it encourage us to retaliate …” Laird replied, “I…
