INF Basing Modes, Asia Edition
With the US on the precipice of withdrawing from the INF, all eyes have turned to China and its large number of INF range missiles. The think tank community has followed and a bevy of think pieces on basing modes…
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KCN-eh? October’s other North Korea Developments
A Canadian reviews the month’s North Korea news together with a special guest. Andrea and Ramon Pacheco-Pardo, the Korea Foundation-Free University Brussels Korea Chair, look at Pompeo’s latest visit to Pyongyang, examine the outcomes of Moon Jae-in’s European tour, and…
Stuck on the Subcontinent
Quote of the week: “A diplomat who says “yes” means “maybe,” a diplomat who says “maybe” means “no,” and a diplomat who says “no” is no diplomat.” — Talleyrand Important diplomatic gears are stuck on the subcontinent. The Governments of India and…
Pulling Out of the INF
The end of arms control, or a sub-culture run amok? In today’s special, live-recorded edition of the Arms Control Wonk podcast, Aaron and Jeffrey talk about the end of the INF, John Bolton’s motivations, and the reasons behind the US pull-out (aka…
Weapons of Last Resort
Quotes of the week: “You use a small one, then you go to a bigger one. I think nuclear weapons are nuclear weapons and we need to draw the line there.” — George Shultz “I don’t think there’s any such…
“Subtle” DPRK Networks in Russia
A guest post by my colleague Cameron Trainer: Russia takes its commitment to enforcing United Nations sanctions on North Korea seriously. So seriously, in fact, that when Russian businesswoman Irina Tyan was listed in a NPR article as operating a…
Missed Missiles: Finding a Failed Missile Test in India
Dave Schmerler, Michael Duitsman, and I were gathered around my computer, admiring satellite images we found of an Indian missile on a launch pad from May 2017. I pointed to some cloudy streaks on the screen and joked, “I wonder…
Trashing the INF Treaty
Quote of the week: “Wake the damn Bambino. I’ll drill him in the ass.” — Attributed to Pedro Martinez, 2004, the year when the Red Sox broke the curse of not winning a World Series after trading Babe Ruth to…
A Future for Arms Control?
Aaron and Jeffrey return to the topic to discuss the potential for a New Start extension and what it could mean for the future of the US-Russian relationship.
No First Use
Quotes of the week: “We are come to make a choice between the quick and the dead.” — Bernard Baruch before the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946. “To be quick in pulling the nuclear trigger is to…
