Comeback time already? I’m pretty sure this was made of concrete. Following are some excerpts from a translation of the August 26, 2008 statement of the North Korean Foreign Ministry Spokesman. The full text appears in the comments. The official English translation is now available here. The 3 October agreement — which stipulates the second-stage …
Reflections on Chris Ford
by | 2008-08-26 | 3 Comments
We’ve just had a public holiday in the UK and, in consequence, a long weekend but I wanted to add a few thoughts to Jeffrey’s post last Friday about Chris Ford’s resignation. Being the US representative at NPT meetings is a pretty thankless task, but Dr Ford did it very well. What made him a …
Iran's Ashura Missile Mystery
by | 2008-08-26 | 10 Comments
[Be careful what (comments) you ask for. Geoff Forden suggests that the premise is mistaken, and the Ashura isn’t necessarily solid-fueled at all. See the comments section below.] Say we woke up one morning, Gregor Samsa-like, to find that all the liquid-fueled ballistic missiles in the Middle East (spread around the region by good old-fashioned …
Keeping Up With the Wonkses
by | 2008-08-26 | 2 Comments
Jeff is lucky to be out of town. It’s bad form to crow about one’s own work, but those of us gathered around the campfire while he’s in Seoul can certainly do it for him. Monday’s New York Times carries a story by Broad and Sanger about the Swiss Family Tinner, how the CIA flipped …
