Over the years, I’ve experienced great satisfaction watching former students, RAs, and interns sprout wings and assume responsible positions working on nuclear threat reduction. My career counseling often involves answering familiar questions, over and over again. I suspect some ACW readers about to enter the job market are asking the same questions: How do I …
Rozen on the Nuclear Posture Review
by | 2010-02-24 | 20 Comments
Laura Rozen in the Politico has written an interesting article on the Nuclear Posture Review. In it, an anonymous US official described the Nuclear Posture Review as “seminal.” I would have picked a different bodily discharge. But, this is the new Arms Control Wonk.com. So you won’t see any references to excrement or suggestions that …
GOV/INF/2010/5
by | 2010-02-24 | 12 Comments
Somewhat belatedly, I have come into possession o f GOV/INF/2010/5, which contains Iran’s answer to the proposal to swap its stockpile of low enriched uranium for fuel assemblies for the Tehran Research Reactor. Here is the key graf: …the Islamic Republic of Iran is still seeking to purchase the required fuel in cash. However, if …
Tinner Tidbit
by | 2010-02-22 | 6 Comments
Many of us have long suspected that the Tinner Family — Father Freidrich and brothers Marco and Urs — Swiss businessman who participated in the AQ Khan network — were also US intelligence assets (See Urs Tinner and Tinner Talks). World Radio Switzerland reports that a Swiss court ruling “confirms” that the Tinners were assets …
