Chris Nelson in the national treasure that is The Nelson Report has the crucial backstory on how Administration hardliners may be fighting efforts to lift Treasury sanctions on North Korea’s “licit” funds as part of an effort to scuttle the nascent Six Party agreement: Had we reported last night, we would have used a quote …
Britain To Replace Trident
by | 2007-03-15 | 8 Comments
Parliament voted 409-161 to support “the Government’s decisions, as set out in the White Paper The Future of the United Kingdom’s Nuclear Deterrent, to take the steps necessary to maintain the UK’s minimum strategic nuclear deterrent beyond the life of the existing system …” I confess that I do not fully understand Britain’s system, but …
What Disarmament Looks Like
by | 2007-03-13 | 11 Comments
Jofi Joseph—now foreign relations adviser for Senator Bob Casey, Jr. (D-Penn.)—pens an fanatistic article in Democracy Journal that—to my mind—nails why the Bush Administration “can’t disarm Iran.” States make the “strategic decision” over a period of years, not—as many senior Bush Administration officials seem to believe—overnight. This mistake—perhaps impatience—leads many Bush Administration officials to a …
DPRK and HEU
by | 2007-03-13 | No Comments
I followed up on Jeffrey’s excellent posts on the North Korean HEU program. Regrettably, there are no entertaining foreign diplomat stories. Oh well.
