I’ve usually taken it as common wisdom that Japan, if it suddenly wanted to, could build a nuclear bomb in about 6 months. Articles and experts have quoted this figure. However, there are reports quoting the Japanese newspaper Sankei of an internal Japanese report that puts the estimate closer to 3-5 years. The Japanese government …
Merry Christmas and other Winter Holidays
by | 2006-12-25 | No Comments
A couple of months ago, Jane blogged about a computer game called DEFCON, which she observed was probably “more fun” than the various nonviolent strategy games making a big deal in our field. Spencer Yip at Siliconera notes we can have both, at least during the holiday season: DEFCON is one of those disturbingly dark …
More Iran and more Israeli bunkers
by | 2006-12-24 | 2 Comments
We are on a whole Iran kick here so I felt that I should get in on the fun. First, check out this article, A Win-Win U.S. Strategy for Dealing with Iran in the current issue of Washington Quarterly. The authors think that the US should, peacefully, promote democracy to deal with Iran’s nuclear ambitions: …
TotalWonkerr on Iran
by | 2006-12-24 | No Comments
Paul is just blogging up a storm, with posts on UN Resolution 1737 (sanctions on Iran) and a bill passed by the Majlis stipulating that the body “must decide within the next 48 hours whether to continue its membership in the … International Atomic Energy Agency.” Whatever that means.
