Joe Cirincione has a blog, which is good. He also tweets which is great. I am addicted to his morning news summary, Morning Joe.
Kissinger on Offense/Defense Mix
by | 2009-05-17 | 8 Comments
Another entry from Michael Krepon’s shoebox, this one from Henry Kissinger — in his days as an academic — on the right mix of offensive and defensive strategic forces: The tensions between strategic offenses and defenses has been a constant thread in the history and arms control negotiations. In the late 1950s crude strategic missile …
DPRK: Why did the 2006 launch fail?
by | 2009-05-15 | 3 Comments
click on the image for a larger version The reconstructed flight path angle and the fitted pitch program are shown as a function of time after launch. The flight path angle is found using the fitted trajectory to provide a smooth curve. The start and stop of the fitted trajectory are marked with a square …
2009/2010 College Debate Topic
by | 2009-05-14 | 10 Comments
The 2009/2010 College Debate Topic is about nuclear weapons. The United States should decrease its reliance on nuclear weapons. I was asked for reading suggestions. Mine are: (1) John Steinbruner, Managing Deterrent Operations, Chapter 2 of Principles of Global Security (Brookings, 2000), and (2) Ivo Daalder and Jan Lodal, The Logic of Zero: Toward a …
