Here is the full text of the IAEA Board of Governor’s reports: ℘ Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008) and 1835 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Gov/2010/10 ℘ Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic, Gov/2010/11 …
Frontiers in Space
by | 2010-02-18 | 6 Comments
After succeeding spectacularly by landing astronauts on the lunar surface and welcoming them home, what do you do for an encore? This question has vexed Washington ever since 1969. Subsequent national choices in the form of the space shuttle and the international space station absorbed large sums and turned out to be confining – not …
Report on French Nuclear Testing
by | 2010-02-17 | 10 Comments
Sacrebleu! I’ve never seen a classified French document before, but this one is a doozy. Bruno Barrillot —who I have just discovered has written a lot about French nuclear testing, how did I miss this? — somehow obtained, and published, a confidential history of France’s nuclear program, entitled Report on French Nuclear Testing (1960-1996). It …
Closing the Books on TRR Diplomacy
by | 2010-02-17 | 15 Comments
Mark Heinrich of Reuters, George Jahn of AP, and Laura Rozen of Politico have gotten ahold of a letter to IAEA Director-General Amano from the ambassadors of France, Russia, and the United States regarding Iran’s announced decision to re-enrich LEU to the vicinity of 20%. (The Reuters story is here, AP is here, and Politico …
