Friend of Wonk Jofi Joseph has a great op-ed in Defense News, arguing that the Administration should admit that the US-India nuclear deal trades nonproliferation interests for a strategic partnership with India, and accept Congressional efforts to limit the nonproliferation downside: … [T]he U.S. administration has made the case that this agreement accomplishes two objectives: …
China's Incredible Shrinking Missile
by | 2006-07-20 | 4 Comments
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 …
