Update | 11:39 am 2 October I apologize that I cannot figure out how to turn off the autoplay. Am posting the code in the comments — suggestions appreciated. *** Well, the PRC October 1 National Day Parade came and went with the requisite silly hats and, of course, missiles. Here is a nice video …
DF-31As On Parade Revisited
by | 2009-10-03 | 2 Comments
I am unable to turn off the autoplay, so you’ll have to click here for the post on the DF-31As in the Chinese National Day Parade: http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/2485/df-31as-on-parade You’ll want to turn your volume way, way down.
ACW Happy Hour, Thursday, October 8, 6ish
by | 2009-10-02 | 6 Comments
As many of you know, my lovely wife Jill is taking a government job so she can be read in to intelligence compartments that I can’t even dream about. From now on, at dinner, Jill will just sit quietly, thinking “What a supercilious fool I’ve married.” Come to think of it, it won’t change our …
Kenneth Waltz
by | 2009-10-02 | 14 Comments
The debate between Ken Waltz and Scott Sagan, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons (2nd edition, 2003) is a great teaching tool. Waltz, the academic Grinch of proliferation studies, argues that more proliferation is better than any of the alternatives — as long as the Bomb spreads slowly. Sagan argues that more proliferation increases the likelihood …
