Avatar photoIt's That Time of the Year Again…

Readers, we have failed you. From 4 February to 7 March one of the Wonk’s favourite events in the entire nuclear calendar took place and we didn’t even comment on it… yes, that’s right, Miss Atom 2008. We can but report the winner: Yulia Nagaeva. Alas, unlike last year there can be no repeat of …

Avatar photo2008 Nonproliferation Challenge

How’d you like to make 10 Large writing about nonproliferation? Well, let me introduce you to the Doreen and Jim McElvany 2008 Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest: The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and The Nonproliferation Review are pleased to announce the Doreen and Jim McElvany 2008 Nonproliferation Challenge Essay Contest Grand Prize: $10,000* Outstanding …

Avatar photoWho Debunked the UEP?

I was on a panel today at a CNS lunch to discuss Hugh Gusterson’s article in The Nonproliferation Review, entitled Paranoid Potbellied Stalinist Gets Nuclear Weapons: How the U.S. Print Media Cover North Korea. As you might imagine, Hugh is pretty tough on the media, particularly the New York Times and Washington Post, for relying …

Avatar photoWhere is Inshas?

I’m currently doing some reading on nuclear power in the Middle East. As is my (and many Wonk readers) wont I like trying to find the places I read about on Google Earth. Finding Inshas, Egypt’s nuclear research centre, has been something of a challenge. Indeed, FAS has had similar problems: The precise location of …