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 …
Forden on Safir-e Omid
by | 2008-08-21 | 19 Comments
I am back from Ithaca. Funny story: Ted Postol walks into our meeting, laughing, haven taken a phone call from a reporter. The poor man was desperate, having tried to track down Ted, Geoff Forden, David Wright, me and others — but no one is returning his calls. He can’t figure out what happened to …
