Avatar photoIran, the IAEA and Intentions

Jeffrey (quite rightly) had words with me in Oslo about my recent lack of postings and so let me start this week with a public promise to improve my blogging statistics. Incidentally, speaking of Oslo, the Minister’s Summary (which I assume will be posted soon on the Norwegian disarmament website) backed (or at least backed …

Avatar photoOff to Singapore

Well off to Singapore (after a short romp in Tokyo) for a workshop hosted by the Brookings Institution and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, entitled A New Nuclear World Order: Asian Perspectives. I can’t believe someone pays me to do this.

Avatar photoBriefings on Iran's Weaponization Work

I started Sunday delivery of the Washington Post today. I was sitting here with my coffee and bagel, Meet the Press babbling on the TV, when I came across an odd little story, buried at the bottom of page A16, by Joby Warrick and Colum Lynch titled, U.N. Says Iran May Not Have Come Clean …

Avatar photoNorway Pledges $5 Million for IAEA Fuel Bank

We had dinner last night at Akershus Castle in Norway. Our host, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, made a big announcement — Norway will provide $5 million for the IAEA Fuel Bank. The pledge is a significant development — In September 2006, the Nuclear Threat Initiative, in an effort funded by Warren Buffet, pledged …