The New York University Law School Magazine contains “a rare in-depth profile of Mohamed ElBaradei (LL.M. ’71, J.S.D. ’74, LL.D. ’04), who runs the International Atomic Energy Agency.” The 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner believes that, to forestall violence, the world’s powers need to address human rights injustices and quality of life imbalances. “It’s not …
jumpSTART
by | 2006-09-28 | 1 Comment
Hey folks, sorry for the long absence. Xiamen is fantastic … much more exciting than the blue glow of my laptop. What little time I’ve spent online has been sunk on my book, a forthcoming article and, you know, managing the atom. Anyway, I came all the way to China to learn something about Russia. …
The Boyz From Princeton
by | 2006-09-21 | 2 Comments
Alex Glaser and Scott Kemp (above) gave a talk on Gas Centrifuges and the future of nonproliferation at Tsinghua University, with Li Bin as host. The talk was cool, but the diagram of the centrifuge is HOT, supplanting the very excellent diagram that Jandos Rothstein created for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Li Bin and …
NPR on Iran Intel
by | 2006-09-20 | 17 Comments
NPR had a good segment [Via Laura Rozen ] earlier today about, among other things, the Pentagon’s new Iran desk. It notes that several of its staffers worked for OSD’s Office of Special Plans. [FYI, one of those staffers, Abram Shulsky, wrote this gem about intelligence gathering analysis a few years ago. Ick.] Another highlight: …
