The text of the Obama-Medvedev statement is now available. Actually, there are two of them: a long statement on life, the universe and everything and a short statement on strategic arms control. The arms control statement is pretty vague; presumably it is intended to give the negotiators maximum flexibility (and fair enough). More interesting is …
IAEA DG Horserace
by | 2009-03-31 | 24 Comments
I’ve been struggling to say something witty about the race to succeed Mohamed ElBaradei as IAEA Director-General. Mark Heinrich at Reuters sums it up pretty well: The International Atomic Energy Agency failed to agree on a new chief on Friday, with Japanese frontrunner Yukiya Amano falling one vote short of the required two-thirds majority. He …
Defensive Transition
by | 2009-03-30 | 1 Comment
No, not the switch from an offense-dominated world to a defense-dominated one — you might remember that idea from the 1980s, kids — but the switch from a Republican administration to a Democratic one, and what that means for ballistic missile defense. It’s been the major theme of the week over at TotalWonkerr.com. Are You …
DPRK: Reading Between the Blurs
by | 2009-03-30 | 8 Comments
The image comes from ISIS while the outline to the left is my handiwork. I’m starting to feel rather parasitic about using ISIS’s pictures for analysis so I’d like to thank them for publishing them in such a timely fashion! In fact, ISIS’s latest picture clarifies a lot of false impressions that early images of …
