I was pleased to be quoted in a recent edition of The Economist (“Out of their silos,” June 8, 2006) saying “Chinese leaders are less worried about a pre-emptive strike by the Americans than about an accidental or unauthorised launch by a junior commander of the new missiles.” I was a little baffled, however, by …
New AS ISN
by | 2006-07-19 | 6 Comments
The White House has announced its intention to nominate John Rood as Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation. (The Arizona Republic has a full writeup.) Of course, you may remember Rood from his starring turn in Dafna Linzer’s “Brady Bunch NSC” article: Much of Rood’s job includes dealing with Cold War leftovers …
Another Caucasian, Gary
by | 2006-07-18 | 15 Comments
Okay folks, we are back. If I could trouble you, oh friends of wonk, please pass the word around. Send e-mails, bring it up over white russians, what-have-you. Friend of Wonk Allen Thomson wins a prize for big catch—the Missile Defense Agency is planning to install a forward-based X-band Radar in the Caucasus: “The mobile/transportable …
Wonk Outage
by | 2006-07-16 | 1 Comment
Greg here – I apologize to everyone for the extended outage. We had a series of badly timed events which all occurred about six hours before I sailed away to Bermuda for seven unplugged days. We’re back online now and streaming out of a new data center … so yeah … thanks for your patience …
