Glenn Kessler has a pair of great stories on the breakdown of the October 3 Six Party Agreement. On Friday, Kessler detailed how the State Department managed to impose humiliating verification demands that North Korea was sure to reject (“Far-Reaching U.S. Plan Impaired N. Korea Deal: Demands Began to Undo Nuclear Accord,” Washington Post, September …
North Korea Tosses IAEA Inspectors
by | 2008-09-24 | 7 Comments
“North Korea has cut the seals and shuttered the cameras. Next up, North Korea tosses the inspectors,” I wrote yesterday in my blog post, Provisionally Delisting North Korea. This morning, North Korea tossed the inspectors. Elaine Scolino reports this morning in the New York Times. North Korea has barred international inspectors from its nuclear reprocessing …
Provisionally Delisting North Korea
by | 2008-09-23 | 11 Comments
You may have noticed that IAEA DG Mohamed ElBaradei announced that North Korea has asked the IAEA to remove the seals and surveillance equipment on the reprocessing facility: This morning, the DPRK authorities asked the Agency´s inspectors to remove seals and surveillance equipment to enable them to carry out tests at the reprocessing plant, which …
START: Dead Treaty Walking
by | 2008-09-22 | 2 Comments
Josh Meyer in the Los Angeles Times has an excellent article about the potential casualties of the Russia-Georgia conflict — including the START Treaty. Some high-level meetings have been postponed indefinitely, including a trip to Russia by John Rood, the acting undersecretary of State for arms control and international security, to discuss various security issues …
