Arms Control Wonk

The text and visual aids released at last week’s press conference on the findings of the multinational investigation into the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan are now available. (Another version of the briefing slides can be seen here.) The nature of the event now appears beyond serious dispute, so the debate has moved …

What are the most significant speeches related to arms control given at the middle and end of a U.S. presidency? There’s plenty of room for argument, but here are my choices. Let’s work backward. End of term: President Eisenhower’s famous farewell address on January 17, 1961, admonishing his fellow citizens to beware the military-industrial complex. …

(As in “Zombie Fuel Swap.”) Late Update | 7 pm, May 21. A2 has asked me to add some clarifying remarks. See below. At this late date, there might be reason to believe that the LEU/TRR deal was a bridge too far; if the P5+1 wanted to prevent Iran from enriching uranium to just under …

Direct hit is like bowling—if you do not hit the pocket exactly, then many pins will continue to stand” Dr. Hans Mark, as quoted by Richard Lloyd in “Physics of Direct Hit and Near Miss Warhead Technology”, p. 12. For every winner in a Defense contract competition, there is a loser. And those losers never …