Gregory Kulacki and I often grouse about which portions of the Chinese arms control discussion get translated into English. (I grouse especially, since I can’t work in Chinese.) Gregory has taken matters into his own hands, beginning a translation project. The first article he translated is An Investigation of China – U.S. Strategic Stability by …
The Well Read Wonk
by | 2009-05-29 | 4 Comments
Reading takes mere opinion to the next level. So what are the best articles ever written on nuclear weapons and arms control? I tried my hand at this for ForeignPolicy.com a while back, but my submission was buried and received no feedback. Maybe this time, I will receive additions and corrections. With so many articles …
Surprise ≠ Intel Failure
by | 2009-05-28 | 5 Comments
That’s the “does not equal” sign up there. I overlooked something important earlier when discussing what the U.S. government knew about North Korea’s nuclear test preparations and when they knew it: There are two possibilities. Either A) the Obama Administration saw some advantage to keeping mum, and turns out to be awfully good at keeping …
More DPRK stuff
by | 2009-05-27 | 14 Comments
More data is becoming available on Monday’s nuclear test. NORSAR has published the waveform data from two of their stations. The primary wave is very noticeable and sharp, which indicates a man-made explosive event (earthquakes tend to brew a while before really making noise). The shear-wave seems to come in shortly thereafter, giving a distinct …
