Avner Cohen asks an interesting question about a speech in Tel Aviv by Tony Cordesman. Cordesman told audiences that Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman ot the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was delivering a message when he said that Israel did not have a green light to attack Iran: Cordesman is visiting Israel this week, and gave …
India update
by | 2008-07-08 | 7 Comments
Over the last year or so the Indian communist parties (Marxist and otherwise) have made a valiant attempt to block the US-India nuclear deal. I don’t think the Communists and I agree on why the US-India deal is a Bad Thing but I’ve been cheering their efforts nonetheless. The communist parties hold 59 seats within …
Lame Duckitude
by | 2008-07-05 | 3 Comments
It is interesting watching the maneuvering among various countries as the Bush Administration comes to an end. Indian PM Manmohan Singh decides to make a last push at the US-India nuclear deal. Iranian Foreign Minister indicates that, rather than a freeze-for-freeze, Iran will just chill out. The Polish PM tells Bush to stick his missile …
More on the NORK declaration
by | 2008-07-02 | 21 Comments
I’m back from Wye now. The (fairly awful) photo is of Jeffrey, Wonk alum Jane Vaynman and me. It turns out that Jane and I have the same all-time favourite Foreign Affairs article: the one on monkey sex. In my jet-lagged state I have been trying to catch up on North Korea news. According to …
