I just don’t know what to say. The Onion is sheer genius.
Extended Deterrence
by | 2011-02-17 | 4 Comments
The next couple of weeks are all extended deterrence for me — I am teaching a course on the subject in Monterey, focusing on the decision to retire the TLAM-N as a case study, and making some remarks at another event back in Washington the week after. And, I’ve penned a short op-ed for the …
On Spinning Libyan Centrifuges
by | 2011-02-15 | 4 Comments
In a November 2009 leaked cable, US Embassy Tripoli quoted Saif Ghaddafi “inquiring about the status of the centrifuges Libya gave up,” with Ghaddafi complaining that “the fact that the centrifuges were sent to the United States and are still there, rather than under IAEA surveillance and control was a ‘big insult to the Leader.’” …
Wagah
by | 2011-02-15 | 11 Comments
There is no better place than Wagah to look for evidence of how badly India-Pakistan relations have eroded. Most people visit Wagah to sit in stands where they can watch an elaborately synchronized martial exhibition where extremely tall Indian and Pakistani soldiers in extravagant dress uniforms stomp the small bones of their feet beyond repair …
