This article was co-authored with Decker Eveleth. Decker Eveleth is a junior at Reed College studying International Comparative Policy Studies. He sometimes moonlights as the disembodied head of an Iranian weapons designer. China may be modernizing some very old ICBM sites. An interesting development has taken place at Sundian, historically a PLARF ICBM launch area, …
NATO Expansion and the Great Unraveling of Arms Control
by | 2020-02-03 | 2 Comments
Quotes of the week: “An alliance is like a chain. It is not made stronger by adding weak links to it.” — Walter Lippmann, Today and Tomorrow column, August 5, 1952 “An alliance is effective only to the extent that it reflects a common purpose and that it represents an accretion of strength to its members.” — Henry …
Political Reflections from the Serengeti
by | 2020-01-27 | 3 Comments
Quote of the week: “Everything has an end.” – Maasai saying Animal herds help explain political behavior and the travails of arms control. For example, after nine days of observing and learning about herds in the Serengeti, I think I now understand Senator Lindsey Graham better. (Explanation to follow.) My wife and I visited Tanzania’s …
Investigating PS752 with Open-Source Intelligence
by | 2020-01-22 | No Comments
After the Iranian ballistic missile raid on U.S. forces in Iraq, the IRGC appears to have accidentally shot down a Ukrianian airliner flying out of Tehran. The Iranian government took about 3 days to admit that it was shot down, initially denying that it was shot down. Prior to the admission, the Arms Control Wonk …
