Avatar photoWorking at the Margins

My alter ego, Chauncey Gardiner, joins me (again) for this post, which is prompted, no doubt, by an August spent pulling weeds in the bog garden and thinking/writing about U.S.-Pakistan nuclear relations.

Avatar photoInspector Designations

The long-running dispute over IAEA inspector designations stands out in the latest report on Iran. Iran rejects inspectors. The IAEA is not happy with it. But who is right and who is wrong? As so often, there are no easy answers.

Avatar photoIran and Syria Reports

Greetings from Beijing.  Here are the Iran (GOV_2010_46) and Syria (GOV_2010_47) reports.

Avatar photoThe Great North Korea Reading Comprehension Challenge

According to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il used his visit to China to express his desire to return to the Six-Party Talks. But skepticism abounds. In Wednesday’s Washington Post, Chico Harlan reported that nameless U.S. officials thought it “notable” that KCNA, the official North Korean news agency, had failed …