Avatar photoNukes With Style

Let’s suppose you’re the kind of person who would read a blog like this. (You are.) Let’s further suppose that you happen to be in the Washington, DC area with a few hours to kill. Check out the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum. It’s fun for the entire nuclear …

Avatar photoWelcome Josh Pollack

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 …

Avatar photoBullsh*t Hydrazine Story

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 …

Avatar photoChris Ford Resigns

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 …