Wonder how our friends in Israel feel about that big, gaping hole we blew in the nonproliferation regime for India? Jealous, according to Mark Hibbs: During the last 18 months, Israeli officials have discreetly explored, including in bilateral discussions with their US government counterparts, how Israel might politically benefit from the US-India nuclear deal, well-placed …
From One Success to Another
by | 2007-01-04 | 2 Comments
From the genius who brought you the Bush Administration’s stem cell policy … comes our North Korea policy: The architect of [the Bush Administration’s policy on stem cell research], navigating ethically and politically treacherous terrain, was a litigator named Jay P. Lefkowitz who was working as general counsel in the White House’s Office of Management …
Japan's Nuclear Options: Addendum
by | 2007-01-02 | 6 Comments
Just one thing to add to Jeffrey’s excellent post about Japan’s nuclear weapons potential… According to a 1999 DIA primer on future threats (which can be found here), Germany and Japan “could develop a nuclear warhead within a year should the political decision be made to pursue such capability.” [Cross-posted from TotalWonkerr]
How Long For Japan To Build A Deterrent?
by | 2006-12-28 | 24 Comments
First, a little housekeeping, then onto the subject of Japanese nukes. In the comments section of my previous post on the Sankei article, I posted the full text in Japanese. Two readers have offered translations, which I think is a model use of the comment section. In that spirit, I am going to start posting …
