For many years, Sha Zukang was a fixture on the disarmament circuit representing China during CTBT negotiations and making the odd statement here or there to cause an international kerfuffle — like when implied that China’s no-first use pledge might not apply to Taiwan. Now that he is UN Undersecretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, …
Silence is highly enriched uranium
by | 2007-12-13 | 3 Comments
I have to admit I’m quite surprised that my “long weekend“ post generated quite as much heated comment as it did. But that, I guess, is the pleasure of blogging on the Wonk. Anyway, now for something completely different: highly enriched uranium (HEU) elimination. At a meeting in London a few weeks ago, a UK …
NCRI Still Didn't Discover Natanz
by | 2007-12-12 | 5 Comments
I hope readers are enjoying having James and Andy around — with Iran on the front burner and Jane knee-deep in textbooks and problems sets, I figured I could use the help. Among other things, this frees me up to focus on my pet peeves — if one can one have multiple pet peeves. Former …
U.S Politics, Iran Policy
by | 2007-12-12 | 7 Comments
Greetings Arms Control Wonk readers. I am yet another pasty, dark-haired contributor. I normally wear glasses too, but Jeffrey asked for a picture sans spectacles so that you could better tell us apart. I said, “Dude, your readers can look at satellite photos and tell the difference between a DF-5 and a DF-5A. Shouldn’t they …
