While I am Seoul, Busan and other interesting places, my friend Josh Pollack is going to pick up the slack on the blog this week. Josh prefers to be known as “a consultant to the U.S. Government on arms control, proliferation, and deterrence issues, as well as a handful of other light-hearted topics.” Josh and …
Bullsh*t Hydrazine Story
by | 2008-08-24 | 58 Comments
Greetings from the Atlanta Airport — I am off to the Republic of Korea this week. Before I go, I wanted to share another great talk I heard from the meeting George Lewis hosted at Cornell. Yousaf Butt, now at the Harvard Smithsonian Astrophysics Center, gave a wonderful talk athat leaves me further doubting the …
Chris Ford Resigns
by | 2008-08-22 | 1 Comment
U.S. Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Chris Ford is resigning to take a job at the Hudson Institute. From: Ford, Christopher A Sent: 22 August 2008 01:59 Subject: Ford is moving on . . . . Importance: High Dear Friends: Most of you have regularly been getting mail from me on NPT issues for some …
What Does Article IV Mean?
by | 2008-08-22 | 17 Comments
One of the perennial debates that rages in the comments section of this blog is about the meaning of article IV of the NPT. As a quick recap, recall that article IV.1 states that Nothing in this Treaty shall be interpreted as affecting the inalienable right of all the Parties to the Treaty to develop …
