Olli Heinonen, IAEA Deputy Director for Safeguards, resigned today, effective at the end of August, for “personal reasons.” No word yet on a replacement or how this relates to the past few years of internecine warfare between Safeguards and Expo. This blog has been more blunt than most in worrying about divisions within the IAEA, …
Public Service Announcement
by | 2010-06-30 | 1 Comment
This week provides some interesting events. ☞ The first is at Carnegie this morning at 9:00am-10:30am with Mark Hibbs and George Perkovich on Nuclear Suppliers in New Zealand: Global Trade Rules at the Crossroads. ☞ Second, another event this morning at 10:00am is the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, hearing on Nuclear Terrorism: …
UNSC Experts Panel on DPRK Sanctions
by | 2010-06-30 | 1 Comment
A couple of weeks ago, the AP’s Edith Lederer cited a report by a UN panel of experts that stated “Pyongyang is involved in banned nuclear and ballistic activities in Iran, Syria and Myanmar.” Arms Control Wonk.com now has obtained a copy of the Report to the Security Council from the Panel of Experts established …
The Long March
by | 2010-06-30 | 1 Comment
The Obama administration has gotten off to a much delayed start by unveiling the unclassified version of its National Space Policy on June 28th. The crafting of specific diplomatic initiatives will follow. The administration has accentuated the differences between its space posture and that of the George W. Bush administration, most notably with a renewed …
