The Wonk Engine is getting some scheduled maintenance this weekend. Actually, we’re planning a switch to new content management tools, database migration, move to subdomain blogs, and redesign launch. Whoa! We’ll be offline Friday 16th through Sunday 18th. I’m sure lots of stuff will break. It’ll be horrific. Things will never be the same. It …
Limited Nuclear Options
by | 2010-07-14 | 11 Comments
The first impulse of states that acquire nuclear weapons is “simple” deterrence, and the simplest form of deterrence is massive retaliation to existential threats. (India and Pakistan, for example, now embrace declaratory policies of simple deterrence.) The second impulse, made possible by the growth of nuclear capabilities, is to avoid “all or nothing” decisions that …
Nat’l Security Strategy & Iran
by | 2010-07-13 | 14 Comments
Does the Obama Administration’s National Security Strategy signal a policy shift that in effect drops the condition that Iran suspend its enrichment related activities as a precondition for negotiations? Stephanie Cooke, Uranium Intelligence Weekly’s editor, thinks so: Speaking of Iran, few seem to have clocked the possible significance of an Iranian offer to suspend their …
Public Service Announcement
by | 2010-07-13 | No Comments
Even in the sweltering July heat, there are still events in the DC area. A few that caught my eye this week. ☞Wednesday, July 14, at noon at CATO. What to Do about North Korea? Featuring Stephen Linton, Karin J. Lee, Doug Bandow, and moderated by Ted Galen. The Cato Institute 1000 Massachusetts Avenue, NW …
