I contend, as readers of these posts know, that being a Red Sox fan is helpful training for the profession of arms control. So, too, is gardening. At the ripe old age of 68, Thomas Jefferson wrote, I have often thought that if heaven had given me a choice of my position and calling, it …
Missile Defense and the Prague Treaty
by | 2010-04-14 | 22 Comments
Does the Prague Treaty (aka New START) limit missile defenses? Certainly the text mentions defenses, but does it limit them? “Limit” is a very particular word — The definitions in OED suggest usage most often involves those things that we can measure: time, acreage, troops, eggs, and whatnot. That usage holds true, too, in the …
Grading the NPR: Transparency
by | 2010-04-13 | 14 Comments
As I have already argued, I believe the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review is a significant achievement — in a way that critics and some surprising advocates don’t quite grasp yet. Because everyone is focusing on the details — this caveat, that compromise — the broader shift in how we talk about the role of nuclear …
The Blue and Yellow Bomb (Part 3)
by | 2010-04-13 | No Comments
Yesterday, I attended a meeting with the International Law Association in Brighton, and the Swedish nuclear programme was raised again. It is interesting that so much international attention has been given recently to what, essentially, is a but a side note in the broader Cold War narrative. Perhaps it’s because Carl Bildt, the Swedish Foreign …
