Arms Control Wonk

I apologize deeply for posting without a picture, but it may not arrive for some weeks to come, and this article would then be too old. I’m Andreas Persbo, and I’ve been asked to write a couple of posts once in a while. Some of you may know me from my blog Verification, Implementation and …

The amazing Laura Holgate (with Robert Schultz) and the great Pavel Podvig are crossing swords over at the web edition of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. The issue: Megatons to Megawatts. Say Holgate/Schultz: As Pavel Podvig points out in his July Bulletin Web-Edition column, the US-Russia “Megatons to Megawatts” program that is designed to …

Greetings from Korea. According to my guide book “North Korea and nukes” is not a socially acceptable topic for conversation here in Seoul. I hope that advice doesn’t apply to participants in a conference on security on the Korean Peninsula because, if it does, I committed a dreadful faux pas over dinner… According to a …

Thanks for all of your comments on the previous post. Yet, I am surprised that no one mentioned the one ongoing attempt to practically implement the multilateral nuclear approaches concept – Russia’s International Uranium Enrichment Center at Angarsk. We all know the story. The idea grew out of Russia’s 2005 proposal that Iran share ownership …