As most readers know, the blog has been keeping up with the Commission of the Strategic Posture of the United States, through its legislative inception and the announcement of the members. The U.S. Institute of Peace, which facilitated the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, will play a similar role for the Strategic Posture Commission. The executive …
IR2 and IR3 Scoops
by | 2008-05-27 | 25 Comments
Right on time, ISIS has released the Safeguards report for Iran — Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran GOV/2008/15 (May 26, 2008). And the big news, at least from the wonky angle, is a new …
Reality TBD
by | 2008-05-27 | 4 Comments
Remember that reality-based community comment from the anonymous Bush Administration official? Well, “history’s actors” are at it again, still working to determine whether the current Administration policies on nuclear energy will spur proliferation. Let me back up. Dr. Kerry Kartchner (who incidentally wrote a good book on START) sent an e-mail to his colleagues in …
Your Fact Checker Failed You
by | 2008-05-26 | 2 Comments
I just picked up a copy of Richard Clarke’s Your Government Failed You (HarperCollins, 26 bucks). A light, easy read. The chapter on military issues is a little too breezy — it covers way too much ground with far too little care. For example, Clarke states that “Sensing that Republicans were using military affairs as …
