Paul continues his quixotic battle to introduce Michael Goldfarb at The Weekly Standard to methodological rigor. Shorter Paul: Absence of evidence is absence of evidence.
New GAO Report on MPC&A
by | 2007-04-04 | 1 Comment
GAO has released a new report on MPC&A (Materials Protection Control and Accounting). It is positive for the most part, praising DOE and DOD cooperation on work at nuclear warhead sites in Russia, which has improved since GAO’s 2003 assessment. It is a very clearly written report, compared to others I’ve read on the Russia …
Wassenaar Arrangement: Hot or Not?
by | 2007-04-04 | 2 Comments
Samuel Evans says no in perhaps the most discouraging title ever for a professional talk: “Wassenaar Arrangement: Unsexiest of International Regimes.” I can’t make this stuff up. Evans, a Visiting Researcher at Georgetown’s Center for Peace and Security Studies and a doctoral candidate at Oxford says that Wassenaar isn’t “sexy” despite being a rather, um, …
Probably Unreliable Iran Rumors
by | 2007-04-03 | 7 Comments
Russian press was abuzz today with rumors that the U.S. is planning to strike Iran on April 6. The military operation is supposedly called “Bite” and will take place at midnight or 4am, depending on what you read. Reuters has a story in English here, and Jerusalem Post does too. Both quote Russian sources. RIA …
