The late, great Arnie Kanter, attempts to explain nuclear weapons policy to a very dim student. Arnie Kanter passed away over the weekend. I am disconsolate. When I arrived at the New America Foundation, my first task was to convince Arnie to co-chair our Nuclear Strategy and Nonproliferation Initiative with Mort Halperin. Little did I …
Malaysia and the Bomb
by | 2010-04-12 | 7 Comments
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najab Razak, man of the hour. For real. [Update | 5:45 pm. The White House has a readout of the Obama-Najab bilat.] When most Americans think of Malaysia, they… Well, most of us don’t think of Malaysia at all. A quick visit to the Americans & The World polling site, for …
Minot AFB Investigation, meet FOIA
by | 2010-04-10 | 6 Comments
Remember that incident a few years ago at Minot Air Force Base, with nuclear warheads being transported by accident? Of course we do… discussed all over ACW (link, link and link). The Air Force conducted the Commander Directed Report of Investigation, (prepared by Maj, Gen. Douglas Raaberg), looking into what happened and who was responsible. …
Prague Treaty Text and Protocol
by | 2010-04-08 | 12 Comments
The Russians — big surprise — have released the Russian text of the New START/Prague Treaty and the Protocol. Last I heard, the Obama Administration was planning to wait until the entire packet was submitted to the Senate. Of course, the documents are all in Russian. So, those of us who would like to be …
