Under what conditions is the United States government prepared to meet with North Korea to discuss its nuclear program? Back in late August, Washington brushed off Pyongyang’s expressions of willingness to return to the Six-Party Talks. The North Koreans lately have gone further, affirming through the Foreign Ministry (via KCNA) that they are prepared to …
Release the Hounds!
by | 2010-10-22 | 3 Comments
If the commander at Kleine Brogel Air Base in Belgium were to go all Mr. Burns on the Peace Action “bomb spotters” — nothing would happen. That’s because, as I pointed out to Elaine Grossman in her excellent story on the most recent security violations at Kleine Brogel Airbase, the Belgian government has failed to …
Extended Deterrence Policy Committee
by | 2010-10-19 | 7 Comments
This is very interesting. The US and South Korea, in the 42nd U.S.-RoK Security Consultative Meeting Joint Communique, have committed to … … institutionalize an Extended Deterrence Policy Committee, which will serve as a cooperation mechanism to enhance the effectiveness of extended deterrence. That is a very interesting recommendation. The United States has a formal …
Scare Tactics
by | 2010-10-19 | 16 Comments
Money is the mother’s milk of politics; motivation is the mother’s milk of the politics of treaty ratification. Arms control battles in the United States tend to be uneven fights — and not just because skeptics need only 34 votes to quash a treaty in the Senate. The “arms control lobby” has not been known …
