It’s public knowledge that the United States has helped Pakistan secure its nuclear complex in the past, but Senator Clinton’s proposal at the Democratic debate on Sunday is by far the most ambitious yet. She said she would try to get Musharraf to share the security responsibility of the nuclear weapons with a delegation from …
WaPo Fact Checker Looks Foolish
by | 2008-01-08 | 9 Comments
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 …
