Avatar photoHoping Everything’s Not Lost

Yesterday, a colleague of mine was attempting to get a weblink for a recent article in the Washington Times. It’s a newspaper, I’m a “researcher”—so I think simple enough. Except, what do I find? Nothing. Rounding up the usual suspects was fruitless – not the on the newspaper’s website, not on Google news, and not …

Avatar photoWe Are Monkeys

For those worrying about Iran, or realizing that it is in fact only Tuesday, here is something to lift your spirits. There is a wonderful article in the January/February 2006 issue of Foreign Affairs called A Natural History of Peace. Yes, this is an article about monkeys. It is about monkeys (or apes rather) that …

Avatar photoIran and UF6 – It's Official

Iran seems to have pulled the rough diplomatic equivalent of downing eight pints and running around all over the place. This just in: Iran Begins Removal of IAEA Seals at Enrichment-related Locations Vienna, 10 January 2006 – IAEA inspectors confirmed today that Iran started to remove IAEA seals on enrichment-related equipment and material at Natanz. …

Avatar photoIf You Believe They Put a Man on the Moon

Imagine that you are an astronaut. Sitting (or is it floating?) in the International Space Station (ISS), you would likely be quite aware of a curious link between your escape route home (Earth sweet Earth) and Russia’s possible assistance for the Iran nuclear program. On the whole, it appears that U.S.–Russia nonproliferation programs have not …