I’ve only spoken with Michael Dobbs once, on the telephone, and he seemed like a nice guy. But, wow, is he being rude and dissmisive on the Washington Post website. It is this kind of ignorant arrogance that bothers the hell out of me. Dobbs, in a feature called “Fact Checker,” expands his mandate to …
Roundtable & Happy Hour on Wed. 1/9
by | 2008-01-06 | 21 Comments
Another picture of China’s new SSBN, this one said to be at Sanya, Hainan Island. I am psyched! My Nuclear Strategy Initiative is hosting an open-to-the-public roundtable on China’s Boomers: Implications if China’s Deterrent Goes to Sea here at the New America Foundation on Wednesday (January 9 @ 12:15). We have a great line-up of …
Norks on Disablement
by | 2008-01-06 | No Comments
North Korea has issued a statement on why it slowed disablement and the hangup with the declaration. The explanation for the slowdown — North Korea is slowing the unloading of fuel rods from Yongbyon, presumably to take the entire 100 days — is technically plausible and exactly what I surmised last week. It is not …
NORKs Miss Deadline, Slow Disablement
by | 2007-12-31 | 8 Comments
As expected, North Korea missed the deadline for “providing a complete and correct declaration of its nuclear programs.” I say “as expected” in part because this is what Chris Hill told Congress in a closed briefing, according to Chris Nelson, and what South Korea’s Foreign Minister has said publicly. At issue, as we have long …
