For your information/listening pleasure: George Perkovich, Barbara Slavin, and Ray Takeyh shared their expertise on NPR the other day. Also, check out this podcast on Carah Ong’s blog of Trita Parsi and Jim Walsh talking to reporters. Carry on.
Cratology
by | 2006-08-23 | 5 Comments
The study of the size and function of shipping crates seen on photographs (from various sources). The size and configuration of a shipping crate often will indicate what is inside. Center for the Study of Intelligence, Glossary of Abbreviations John Diamond in USA Today has a great story on “cratology”—the art of determining the contents …
NORK Nuke Test Site
by | 2006-08-22 | 1 Comment
ABC News’ Jonathan Karl reports that North Korea is “unloading of large reels of cable outside P’unggye-yok, an underground facility in northeast North Korea [that] can be used in nuclear testing to connect an underground test site to outside observation equipment.” Without commenting on the merit of the report, I simply note that the P’unggye-yok …
Mottaki: Suspension Illogical
by | 2006-08-17 | 3 Comments
Much of the international press—including the BBC, Reuters and AFP—quoted Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki calling the Security Council call for the suspension of Iran’s enrichment activities “illogical.” Despite the giggling and Spock jokes, the transcript on the Iranian Foreign Ministry page reads differently: We have repeatedly announced that we are ready to negotiate with …
