There is, ultimately, going to be a post from me about the details of the 2010 Nuclear Posture Review — but the details are probably not what is important. So, let me start with that. What is important is that the NPR ledes with the notion that the priority goal is to prevent nuclear proliferation …
Where the NPR Meets in the Middle
by | 2010-04-07 | 16 Comments
U.S. Department of Defense photo by Cherie Cullen The Obama Nuclear Posture Review — and that’s what it is — is a major accomplishment. (I’ve written about it in a column to appear soon at the Bulletin. Stay tuned. Here it is.) Compared to previous efforts, it takes on more issues and makes more positive …
1-year Anniversary of U'nha-2 Launch
by | 2010-04-05 | No Comments
Today is April 5, 2010, the one year anniversary of North Korea’s failed attempt to launch a satellite into orbit. Depending on how you count them, this was either the DPRK’s second or third attempt to launch a satellite. (I favor calling it the third satellite attempt but, as fellow-wonk contributor Josh Pollack points out, …
Prague Treaty Cuts Are Modest, Real
by | 2010-04-05 | 12 Comments
Photo credit: John McDowell. (Worth checking out his entire portfolio, by the way). Peter Baker, in the New York Times, has a long piece on the bomber counting rules in the New START (or Prague Treaty). The bottom line — as both Pavel Podvig and Hans Kristensen argue — is that the bomber rules are …
