Ken Adelman loves Shakespeare. The Reagan administration thought that the right stage for him would be the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, after its first appointee as Director, Eugene Rostow, became a bit too obstreperous. Rostow was a heavy hitter. Before coming to ACDA, he was Chairman of the Committee on the Present Danger, which …
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.’” …
