It’s come to this. We will try to integrate the tweets into the site down the road, but for the three people in the world who might be interested: http://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk
How Much Respect Does A Nuclear Arsenal Get?
by | 2009-03-05 | 14 Comments
Cross-posted from TotalWonkerr.com. On August 31, 1998, North Korea conducted its first launch of a multi-stage ballistic missile, which flew over Japan. It failed to deliver a satellite into orbit, notwithstanding the boasts of state broadcasters. On January 10, 2003, in the course of a dispute with the United States, North Korea declared that it …
White Supremacist Trust Fund Dirty Bomber
by | 2009-03-04 | 8 Comments
This is major league weird and a significant coup for WikiLeaks. Walter Griffin, of the Bangor Daily News, reports: James G. Cummings, who police say was shot to death by his wife two months ago, allegedly had a cache of radioactive materials in his home suitable for building a “dirty bomb.” According to an FBI …
Nonproliferation and Banking Reform
by | 2009-03-03 | 4 Comments
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with President Obama today and is reported to be pushing a “Global New Deal” to stop the economic slide. A key element of that program would be reforming bank regulation to prevent the sort of scams that created the sub-prime mortgage mess by, among other things, providing increased transparency …
