In the New York Times this past weekend, Jonathan Raban reviews the new book by William Langewieshe (yes, I’ve been wondering too… it’s long-gah-vee-shuh). The Atomic Bazaar combines Langewieshe’s pieces from the Atlantic Monthly, one on smuggling nuclear materials from Russia and the others on the A.Q. Khan network (part 1 and part 2). Raban …
Greetings from Airlie Center
by | 2007-05-20 | 2 Comments
I’ve been attending the New America Foundation’s annual Board & Senior Staff retreat. (I forgot my camera. The beautiful image is from this Flickr photo set.) I’ve been to various meetings at Airlie over the years and positively adore the Whistling Swan. We’ve had interesting panels, including “American Foreign Policy After Bush” with Francis Fukuyama, …
Minimum Means Review in ACT
by | 2007-05-19 | 7 Comments
Brad Roberts has a civil, but largely negative review of my book in the latest edition of Arms Control Today. It points out some things that I could have done better. But one thing really annoys me. Roberts says that I blame the US for driving instability: His assessment of the problem strikes me as …
Bolton on North Korea
by | 2007-05-19 | 7 Comments
What is John Bolton talking about? What is he ever talking about? Okay, we get it. You don’t like the deal with North Korea. Why we needed another Wall Street Journal op-ed is beyond me. This doesn’t, of course, mean I didn’t read it. Then I went for a walk in the sun to detox …
